Government Railways (Compensation Limitation) Act 1896 (NSW)

No. XXI.

An Act to l imi t t he a m o u n t of Damages

recoverable aga ins t t he Railway Com- miss ioners of N e w South W a l e s in certain cases. [22nd October, 1896.]

BE t h e a d v i c e a n d c o n s e n t of t h e L e g i s l a t i v e C o u n c i l a n d L e g i s l a t i v e

i t e n a c t e d b y t h e Q u e e n ' s M o s t E x c e l l e n t M a j e s t y , b y a n d w i t h

A s s e m b l y of N e w S o u t h W a l e s i n P a r l i a m e n t a s s e m b l e d , a n d b y t h e

authority of t h e s a m e , a s f o l l o w s : —

1, T h i s A c t m a y b e c i t e d a s t h e " G o v e r n m e n t R a i l w a y s ( C o m ­

p e n s a t i o n L i m i t a t i o n ) A c t , 1896 . " '

2 . N o l a r g e r s u m t h a n t w o thousand p o u n d s s h a l l h e r e c o v e r ­

a b l e i n a n y a c t i o n , e i t h e r u n d e r t h e A c t e l e v e n t h V i c t o r i a n u m b e r

t h i r t y - t w o or o t h e r w i s e , a g a i n s t t h e R a i l w a y C o m m i s s i o n e r s of N e w

S o u t h W a l e s , a s c a r r i e r s of p a s s e n g e r s , i n r e s p e c t of i n j u r i e s s u s t a i n e d

a f t e r t h e p a s s i n g of t h i s A c t , b y a n y p e r s o n w h i l e b e i n g c a r r i e d u p o n

a n y r a i l w a y o r t r a m w a y v e s t e d i n t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r s , o r w h i l e b e i n g

i n , u p o n , o r a b o u t a n y s t a t i o n , y a r d , l a n d , o r p r e m i s e s v e s t e d i n o r u s e d

b y t h e C o m m i s s i o n e r s .