Railway Fires Act, 1905

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Definitions and application.

4. In this Act—

The expression “agricultural land” includes arable and meadow land and ground used for pastoral purposes or for market or nursery gardens, and plantations and woods and orchards, and also includes any fences on such land, but does not include any moorland or buildings;

The expression “agricultural crops” includes any crops on agricultural land, whether growing or severed, which are not led or stacked;

The expression “railway” includes any light railway and any tramway worked by steam power.

This Act shall apply to agricultural land under the management of the Commissioners of Woods, and to agricultural crops thereon.