Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 2044

The Transport (Guided Systems) Order 1992

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1992 No. 2044

TRANSPORT

The Transport (Guided Systems) Order 1992

The Secretary of State, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 26(3) of the Transport and Works Act 1992^[1] (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—
 (a) supported by means of a track or other structure not being a road; and
 (b) 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^[2].

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Roger Freeman

Minister of State, Department of Transport

27th August 1992

[1] 1992 c. 42. back

[2] 1984 c. 27. back

Explanatory Note