LegalizeThe Transport (Guided Systems) Order 1992
Made: 27th August 1992
Laid before Parliament: 10th September 1992
Coming into force: 7th December 1992
The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(3) of the Transport and Works Act 1992[^f00001] (hereinafter referred to as “the Act”) and of all other enabling powers, hereby makes the following Order:
Citation and commencement
1
This Order may be cited as the Transport (Guided Systems) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 7th December 1992.
Specified systems
2
The Secretary of State hereby specifies for the purposes of Chapter I of Part II of the Act the systems which use a mode of guided transport of which particulars are given in the Schedule to this Order.
Interpretation
3
- (1) In this Order—
- “magnetic levitation” means a mode in which the vehicles are supported and guided by means of magnetic force;
- “monorail” means a mode in which the vehicles are supported and guided wholly or mainly by means of a single rail or beam; and
- “track-based with side guidance” means a mode in which the vehicles are— supported by means of a track or other structure not being a road; and guided wholly or mainly by means of horizontally-inclined wheels bearing outwards against fixed apparatus.
- (2) In this Order “road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984[^f00002].
SCHEDULE — THE SPECIFIED SYSTEMS
| Mode | Location | Terminal points | Operator |
|---|---|---|---|
| Magnetic levitation | Birmingham International Airport, Solihull, West Midlands | Birmingham International Airport and Birmingham International railway station | Birmingham International Airport plc |
| Monorail | Merry Hill Centre, Brierley Hill, Dudley, West Midlands | Boulevard station and Waterfront East station | Von Roll Transport Systems (UK) Limited |
| Track-based with side guidance | Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex | South Terminal and North Terminal | Gatwick Airport Limited |
| Track-based with side guidance | Gatwick Airport, Crawley, West Sussex | South Terminal and South Terminal satellite/pier 3 | Gatwick Airport Limited |
| Track-based with side guidance | Stansted Airport, Uttlesford, Essex | Airport terminal and satellite 1 | Stansted Airport Limited |
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Roger Freeman — Minister of State, — Department of Transport — 27th August 1992
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order specifies certain systems using modes of guided transport for the purposes of Chapter I of Part II of the Transport and Works Act 1992. The Order accordingly has the effect of applying to these systems the provisions of the Act which introduce new offences involving drink and drugs.
Particulars of the systems are given in the Schedule to the Order. One employs magnetic levitation; another a monorail; and three are track-based using side guidance. A definition of each of these terms appears in Article 3 of the Order.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1992 c. 42.
[^f00002]: 1984 c. 27.
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