The Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) Order 1992

• Citation: S.I. 1992/3231
• Sections: 3

Section 1 Citation and commencement

This Order may be cited as the Transport and Works (Guided Transport Modes) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st January 1993.

Section 2 Prescribed modes

The Secretary of State hereby prescribes the following modes for the purposes of section 1(1)(d) of the Act:

(a) aerial cableway;

(b) lift;

(c) magnetic levitation;

(d) monorail;

(e) road-based with cable guidance;

(f) road-based with rail guidance;

(g) road-based with side guidance;

(h) track-based with side guidance.

Section 3 Interpretation

(1) In this Order—

“aerial cableway” means a mode in which the vehicles are supported and guided by means of a cable, but does not include a funicular railway or a lift;

“lift” means a mode in which the vehicle—

is moved wholly or partly between guides which are vertical or inclined at an angle of less than 15 degrees to the vertical; and

provides direct access at more than one level to a street;

“magnetic levitation” means a mode in which the vehicles are supported and guided wholly or mainly 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;

“road-based with cable guidance” means a mode in which the vehicles—

are capable of operating on a road; and

are guided wholly or mainly by means of a cable, wire or other device which is not in direct physical contact with the vehicles;

“road-based with rail guidance” means a mode in which the vehicles—

are capable of operating on a road; and

are guided wholly or mainly by means of a single rail or slot;

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

are capable of operating on a road; and

are guided wholly or mainly by means of wheels bearing outwards against fixed apparatus; 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

are guided wholly or mainly by means of wheels bearing outwards against fixed apparatus.

(2) In this Order, references to “mode” are to be construed as a mode of guided transport which employs vehicles used wholly or mainly for the carriage of passengers and “road” has the same meaning as in the Road Traffic Regulation Act 1984 .