In article , John Rowland
writes
Parliament cannot bind its successors: *any* Act
can override any provision of previous legislation.
But Parliament can not make a named company exempt from some law,

Of course it can.

Most railway companies were created by specific Acts which overrode
previous generic Acts and Common Law. For example, by creating
Compulsory Purchase powers.

As another example, several people have had special Acts passed to allow
them to marry when they would otherwise be forbidden as being too
closely related.

so how can
Crossrail be made exempt from the Railways Act?

By writing it into the Crossrail Act.

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