The plan and book of reference shall be in the prescribed form, and for the purposes of this section the expression "prescribed" shall mean prescribed by rules made under this Act
(3.) The Commissioners shall before deciding on an application hve full opportunity for any objections to the application to be laid before them, and shall consider all such objections, whether made formally or informally.
(4) If after consideration the Commissioners think that the application should be granted, they shall settle any draft order submitted to them by theapplicants for authorising the railway, and see that all such matters (including provisions for the safety of the public and particulars of the land proposed to be taken) arr inserted therein, as they think necessary for the proper construction and working of the railway.
(5.) The order of the Light Railway Commissioners shall be provisional only, and shall have no effect until confirmed by the Board of Trade in manner provided by this Act.
(6.) Where an application for a light railway has been refused by the light Railway Commissioners, the applicants, if the council of any county, borough, or district, may appeal against such refusal to the Board of Trade, who may, at any time if they think fit, remit the application or any portion thereof to the said Commissioners for further consideration with or without special instructions
Submission of order to Board of Trade for confirmation8,—(1.) The Commissioners shall submit any order made by Submission of them under this Act to the Board of Trade for confirmation, accompanied by such particulars and plans as may be required by confirmation, the Board, and shall also make and lay before the Board with the order a report stating the objections which have been made to the application, and the manner in which they have been dealt with, and any other matters in reference to the order which the Commissioners may think fit to insert in the report.
(2.) The Board of Trade shall give public notice of any order so submitted to them in such manner as they think best for giving information thereof to persons interested, and shall also state in the notice that any objections to the confirmation of the order must be lodged with the Board and the date by which those objections must be lodged.
Consideration of order by Board of Trade 9.—(1.) The Board of Trade shall consider any order submitted to them under this Act for confirmation with special reference to—
- (a) the expediency of requiring the proposals to be submitted to Parliament; and
- (b) the safety of the public; and
- (c) any objection lodged with them in accordance with this Act.
(2.) The Light Railway Commissioners shall, so far as they are able, give to the Board of Trade any information or assistance which may be required by the Board for the purpose of considering any order submitted to them or any objection thereto.
