General Tramways Act 1884

they shall cause as little detriment or inconvenience to the promoters as circumstances admit;

before they commence any work whereby the traffic on the tramway will be interrupted, they shall (except in cases of urgency, in which cases no notice shall be necessary) give to the promoters notice of their intention to commence such work, specifying the time at which they will begin to do so; such notice to be given forty-eight hours at least before the commencement of the work;

they shall not be liable to pay to the promoters any compensation for injury done to the tramway by the execution of such work, or for loss of traffic occasioned thereby, or for the reasonable exercise of the powers so vested in them as aforesaid;

whenever, for the purpose of enabling them to execute such work, the road authority shall so require, the promoters shall either stop traffic on the tramway to which the notice shall refer, where it would otherwise interfere with such work, or shore up and secure the same at their own risk and cost during the execution of the work there: Provided that such work shall always be completed by the road authority with all reasonable expedition;

any company, body, person, or authority shall not execute such work so far as it immediately affects the tramway, except under the superintendence of the promoters, unless they refuse or neglect to give such superintendence at the time specified in the notice for the commencement of the work, or discontinue the same during the progress of the work; and such company, body, person, or authority shall execute such work at their own expense, and to the reasonable satisfaction of the promoters: Provided that any additional expense arising by reason of the existence of the tramway in any road or place where any such main pipes, tubes, wires, or apparatus shall have been laid before the construction of such tramway, shall be borne by the promoters.