The Transport (Guided Systems) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/2044
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Transport (Guided Systems) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 7th December 1992.

Section 2 Specified systems

The Secretary of State hereby specifies for the purposes of Chapter I of Part II of the Act the systems which use a mode of guided transport of which particulars are given in the Schedule to this Order.

Section 3 Interpretation

(1) In this Order—

“magnetic levitation” means a mode in which the vehicles are supported and guided by means of magnetic force;

“monorail” means a mode in which the vehicles are supported and guided wholly or mainly by means of a single rail or beam; and

“track-based with side guidance” means a mode in which the vehicles are—

supported by means of a track or other structure not being a road; and

guided wholly or mainly by means of horizontally-inclined wheels bearing outwards against fixed apparatus.

(2) In this Order “road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 .