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Power to confirm agreements for the purchase, lease, or working of railways.
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18. Where an agreement has been or may hereafter be entered into for the purchase, lease, or working by one railway company of any part of the system of another railway company, the Minister may, by order, confirm the agreement, and where any such agreement has been so confirmed it shall be lawful for the companies to carry the agreement into effect:
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Provided that, before confirming any such agreement, the Minister shall comply with the provisions of section twenty-nine of, and the Second Schedule to, the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, including any rules made under the said section; and the said section, schedule, and rules shall apply to the confirmation of any such agreement in like manner as they apply to the making of an order under paragraph (d) of subsection (1) of section three of the said Act.
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