The Short Title of this Act shall be “The Railways Act 1869.”

Whenever in accordance with the plans or sections or other descriptions relating to any Railway named in the Schedule to this Act and deposited in the Private Bill Office such Railway has been made or shall hereafter be made to cross highways by level crossings such Railway shall be deemed to have been made under the authority of the forty-sixth section of the Act of the Imperial Parliament intituled “The Railway Clauses Consolidation Act 1845” and the plans or sections and the descriptions upon the plans or sections relating to the said Railways respectively so deposited as aforesaid shall be deemed to be incorporated in the Act authorizing the construction of such Railway and shall be sufficient authority for having heretofore made or for hereafter making such Railways to pass over highways on the level or otherwise in the manner specified or delineated on or indicated on such plans or sections or the descriptions on such plans or sections and in such cases the part of the roadway taken or occupied by such Railway shall be deemed to be duly taken for the purposes of such Railway and also shall be sufficient authority for stopping up or diverting in the manner specified or delineated on or indicated by such plans sections or descriptions any highways which are therein described or shown as to be stopped up or diverted as the case may be.