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Section 106

Power to close railway when opened

of Land Public Transport Act 2010

ActIn forceProvision 110 of 244
Section 106
(1)

If after the inspection of a railway, the person appointed by the Director General of Land Public Transport is of the opinion that the use of the railway may cause danger to the public or damage to the goods carried on the railway, he shall inform the Director General of

Land Public Transport of his opinion together with the grounds for his opinion.

(2)

The Director General of Land Public Transport may thereupon order the railway to be closed, or in the case of a rolling-stock, order the rolling-stock to be discontinued from use or the railway be used only on such conditions as the Director General of Land Public

Transport considers necessary for the safety of the public or goods carried on the railway.