| Short Title: | Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act 1883 |
| Type: | Act |
| Parliament: | Parliament of the United Kingdom |
| Long Title: | An Act for promoting the extension of Tramway communication in Ireland, and for assisting Emigration, and for extending certain provisions of the Land Law (Ireland) Act, 1881, to the case of Public Companies. |
| Year: | 1883 |
| Citation: | 46 & 47 Vict. c. 43 |
| Territorial Extent: | Ireland |
| Royal Assent: | 25 August 1883 |
| Related Legislation: | Land Law (Ireland) Act 1881 |
| Original Text: | https://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/1883/act/43/enacted/en/print.html |
The Tramways and Public Companies (Ireland) Act 1883 (46 & 47 Vict. c. 43) was a development of several earlier acts that was designed to facilitate the construction of economical railway infrastructure in rural Ireland.
Earlier acts 1860 and 1861 had allowed for promoters to present their schemes to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland subject to approval by the relevant grand juries. The Lord Lieutenant would create at Order in Council to be confirmed by an Act of Parliament. The Relief of Distress (Ireland) Act 1880 allowed from contributions from baronies. This 1883 act gave grand juries the power to determine which baronies were chargeable, made Treasury loans available and allowed for loss making concerns to become the property of the local authority.
NaNmiles of railway were constructed under the act.