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Power of owner to grant land or advance money for a light railway.
27 & 28 Vict. c. 114.
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5.—(1) Where any person has power, either by statute or otherwise, to sell and convey any land for the purpose of any works of a railway under this Act, he may, with the sanction of the Board of Works given under this section, convey the land for that purpose either without payment of any purchase money or compensation, or at a price less than the real value, and may so convey it free from all incumbrances thereon.
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(2) Whenever any person who is a landowner within the meaning of the Improvement of Land Act, 1864, contributes any money for the purpose of any works of a railway under this Act, the amount so contributed may, with the sanction of the Board of Works given under this section, be charged on the land of the landowner improved by the works in the same manner, and with the like effect, as in the case of a charge under that Act.
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(3) The Board of Works shall not give their sanction under this section unless they are satisfied that the works for which the land is conveyed or the money is contributed will effect a permanent increase in the value of the land held by the same title or of other land of the same landowner exceeding, in the case of a conveyance of land, that which is, in the opinion of the Board of Works, the real value of the land conveyed, or the difference between that value and the price, as the case may be, and in the case of a contribution of money the amount contributed: Provided also, that if the land proposed to be conveyed is subject to incumbrances, the Board of Works, before giving their sanction under this section, shall cause notice to be given to the incumbrancers, and shall consider the objections, if any, raised by them.
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