Railway Relocation and Crossing Act (R.S.C., 1985, c. R-4)
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Railway Relocation and Crossing Act
R.S.C., 1985, c. R-4
An Act to facilitate the relocation of railway lines or rerouting of railway traffic in urban areas and to provide financial assistance for work done for the protection, safety and convenience of the public at railway crossings
SHORT TITLE
Marginal note:Short title
1. This Act may be cited as the Railway Relocation and Crossing Act.
- 1974, c. 12, s. 1.
INTERPRETATION
Marginal note:Definitions
2. (1) In this Act,
“Agency”
« Office »
“Agency” means the Canadian Transportation Agency;
“railway crossing”
« croisement de chemin de fer »
“railway crossing” means any railway crossing of a highway or highway crossing of a railway and any manner of construction of the railway or highway by the elevation or depression of the one above or below the other, or by the diversion of the one or the other, and any work ordered or authorized by the Agency to be provided as one work for the protection, safety and convenience of the public in respect of one or more railways with as many tracks crossing or crossed as the Agency in its discretion determines;
“transportation plan”
« plan de transport »
“transportation plan” means a plan for the control of transportation within a defined area proposing as of some specific time the layout of any streets, highways, bridges, railway lines, railway crossings at level or at grade separations, bus routes, rapid transit lines, railway stations, bus terminals, rapid transit stations and wharves and airports within the defined area;
“urban area”
« zone urbaine »
“urban area” means an area and areas adjacent thereto that are classified by Statistics Canada in its most recent census of Canada as urban;
“urban development plan”
« plan d’aménagement urbain »
“urban development plan” means a plan respecting the development and use of land within or within and adjacent to an urban area whereby it is proposed to control and regulate the use of that land for purposes of industry, commerce, government, recreation, transportation, hospitals, schools, churches, residences, homes for the elderly or for other purposes or classes of users, with or without subdivisions of the various classes.
Marginal note:Other words and expressions
(2) Unless otherwise provided in this Act, words and expressions in this Act have the same meanings as in Parts I and III of the Canada Transportation Act and the Railway Safety Act.
- R.S., 1985, c. R-4, s. 2;
- R.S., 1985, c. 28 (3rd Supp.), s. 359, c. 32 (4th Supp.), s. 115;
- 1996, c. 10, s. 259.