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[Ch. 55.]
Railways Act, 1921
[11 & 12 Geo 5.]

Notices, &c.

81. Any notice, application, request, or other document authorised or required by this Act to be sent to a railway company may, unless some other manner is prescribed by the rates tribunal, be sent by post in a prepaid letter addressed to the secretary of the company at the principal office of the company.

Mode of action by Board of Trade

82. Anything by this Act authorised or required to be done. by the Board' of Trade may be done by the action by President or a secretary or assistant secretary of the Board, or any person authorised in that behalf by the President.

Application to Scotland

83. This Act in its application to Scotland shall be subject to the following modifications:—

(a) " Burgh " shall be substituted for " borough," " servitude " for " easement," and Secretary for Scotland " for " Minister of Health ":

(b) Subsection (5) of the, section of this Act, whereof the marginal note is " Constitution and procedure of amalgamation tribunal," shall not apply to proceedings before the amalgamation tribunal in Scotland or to inquiries in Scotland by any Commissioner or other person authorised by the said tribunal, and for the purposes of the summoning and examination of witnesses and the production of documents the tribunal or Commissioner, or person authorised as aforesaid shall have the like powers as are conferred upon Commissioners by section ten of the Private Legislation Procedure (Scotland) Act, 1899[1]

(c) The expenses incurred by any town or county council in any application or representation authorised by the section of this Act whereof the marginal note is " Provision for applications by public authorities in certain cases," shall be defrayed in the case of a town council out of the burgh general assessment, and in the case of a county council out of the general purposes rate or such other rate as the county council may with, the approval of the Secretary for Scotland designate.

Provisions as to Irish Railways

84.—(1) Railway companies in Ireland shall until other provision is made by the Council of Ireland, compile and render such statistics and returns as are at the

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  1. 62 & 63. Vict. c. 47