Railway and Canal Commission

United Kingdom legislation

Statute Law Revision Act 1908
Ministry of Health Act 1919
Supreme Court of Judicature (Consolidation) Act 1925
Petroleum Consolidation Act 1928
Transport Act 1947
Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949
Statute Law Revision Act 1959
Highways Act 1959
Statute Law Revision Act 1960
Transport Act 1962
London Government Act 1963
Transport Act 1968
Local Government Act 1972
Roads (Scotland) Act 1984
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1986
Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1989
Local Government and Housing Act 1989

Status: Amended

Text of statute as originally enactedText of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 as in force today (including any amendments) within the United Kingdom, from legislation.gov.uk.

United Kingdom legislation

Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949
Act of Parliament
Parliament of the United Kingdom
Long title	An Act to abolish the Railway and Canal Commission and make provision for the future exercise and performance of their functions; to amend and repeal certain enactments relating to their functions; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.
Citation	12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 11
Dates
Royal assent	9 March 1949

The Railway and Canal Commission was a British court of record, established by the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 (51 & 52 Vict. c. 25) and abolished by the Railway and Canal Commission (Abolition) Act 1949 (12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 11).

The Regulation of Railways Act 1873 established the Railway Commissioners, created to carry into effect the provisions of the Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1854. When the 1873 act expired, Parliament established the Railway and Canal Commission in 1888. It originally consisted of five commissioners.

The jurisdiction of the commission having been progressively whittled down, it was abolished in 1949. Its last member, Sir Francis Taylor, was elevated to the peerage as Baron Maenan shortly before its abolition.