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(iii) the, determination by the rates tribunal of questions that may be brought before them in respect of the matters mentioned in section twenty-eight of this Act :

Provided that, where a light railway becomes part of the system of an amalgamated company, Part III. of this Act shall apply thereto.

(5) As from the appointed day, the powers of the Railway and Canal Commission under section fourteen of the, as extended by any other enactment and as applied to light railways, shall be exercisable by the rates tribunal instead of by the Railway and Canal Commission.

Amendment of ss. 11 and 24. of principal Act

73.—(1) An order made under the principal Act may contain a provision empowering a railway company of ss. 11 to acquire the light railway to which the order relates, not being a railway of the nature of a tramway, and paragraph (1) of section eleven of the principal let, shall have effect accordingly as if in that paragraph after the words " railway " there were inserted the words " or, except in the case of a railway of the nature of a tramway, empowering a railway company to acquire the railway."

(2) Where, after the passing of this Act, an order is made under the principal Act authorising a light railway (other than a light railway of the nature of a tramway), an order amending that order may confer on a railway company power to acquire the light railway, notwithstanding that the owners of the light railway do not consent, and section twenty-four, of the principal Act shall have effect accordingly.

(3) For the purposes of this section, a light railway of the nature of a tramway means a light railway laid wholly or mainly along a public carriageway, and used wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers.

Construction of Part V.

74. This Part of this Act shall be construed as one with the principal Act. 61