Canal Rates, Tolls and Charges (Leeds and Liverpool Canal) Order Confirmation Act 1893
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1893 c. ccxxv |
[56
&
57-
VICT.] Ganal
%ates,
Tolls,
and
Glmrges
[Ch. CCXXV.]
[Leeds
and
Liverpool Ganal) Order Confirmation
Ad, 1893.
CHAPTER ccxxv.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
1893.
of Trade under the Kailway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and the
Schedule of Maximum Bates, Tolls, and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company.
[12th September 1893.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, si
& 52
Vict,
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c'
classification of merchandise traffic and schedule of maximum
rates,
tolls, and charges, including all terminal and wharfage charges
which, in the opinion of the Board of Trade, ought to be adopted
by the Leeds and Liverpool Canal Company :
And whereas it is expedient that the Provisional Order, as set
out in the schedule to this Act annexed, be confirmed by Act of
Parliament:
Be it therefore enacted by the Queen's most Excellent Majesty,
by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and
Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled,
and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
1.
This Act may be cited as the Canal Rates, Tolls, and Charges Short title.
(Leeds and Liverpool Canal) Order Confirmation Act, 1893.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, Confirmation
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions gCiie(|u[c! '"
of the said Order in manner and form as they are set out in the
said schedule shall, from and after the passing of this Act, haye
fall validity and effect.
[Price
2s. 9] A 1
A.D.
1893.
[Oh. CCXXV.] Canal Bates, Tolls, and
Charges
[56 & 57 VICT.]
(Leeds and Liverpool Canal) Order Confirmation Act, 1893.
SCHEDULE.
Leeds and
Liverpool
Canal.
Short title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of
maximum
rates,
tolls, and
charges.
THE LEEDS AND LIVERPOOL CANAL COMPANY.
Traffic
Act, 1888, embodying the Classification of
Merchandise
Traffic
and the authorised Schedule of Maximum Bates, Tolls, and
Charges, including all Terminal and Wharfage Charges
applic-
able to the said Classification of the Leeds and Liverpool
Canal
Company.
1.
This Order
may be
cited
as the
Canal Rates, Tolls,
and
Charges (Leeds
and Liverpool Canal) Order,
1893.
2.
This Order shall come into force
and
have effect
on the 1st day of
January 1894,
or
such later date
as the
Board
of
Trade
may by
order direct,
which date
is in
this Order referred
to as the
commencement
of
this Order.
3.
This Order
is to be
read
and
construed subject
in all
respects
to the
provisions
of the
Railway
and
Canal Traffic Acts, 1873
and
1888,
and of
any
other Acts
or
parts
of
Acts incorporated therewith.
4.
From
and
after
the
commencement
of
this Order
the
maximum rates,
tolls,
and
charges which
the
Lerds
and
Liverpool Canal Company shall
be
entitled
to
charge
and
make
in
respect
of
merchandise traffic shall
be the
rates,
tolls,
and
charges specified
in the
schedule
to
this Order annexed,
and
shall
be
subject
to the
classification, regulations,
and
provisions
set
forth
in the
said
schedule.
Division of
schedule.
SCHEDULE
OF MAXIMUM RATES, TOLLS, AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICATION
OF
MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC APPLICABLE TO THE LEEDS AND LIVER-
POOL
CANAL COMPANY.
I.—MAXIMUM
RATES,
TOLLS,
AND
CHARGES,
1.
Table
A. in
this schedule
is
divided into four parts,
and
shall
be
deemed
part
of
this schedule. Fart
I. of the
table contains
the
maximum rates
and
station
and
service terminals which
the
Company
may
charge
in
respect
of
the merchandise comprised
in the
several classes
of
merchandise specified
in
the
classification when conveyed
by the
Company over
the
canal. Part
II.
of
the
table contains
the
maximum tolls
and
wharfage charo-es which
the
Company
may
charge
in
respect
of the
merchandise comprised
in the
several
classes
of
merchandise specified
in the
classification when conveyed
by bye-
traders over
the
canal. Part
III. of the
table contains
the
exceptional
charges which
the
Company
may
charge
in
respect
of the
articles, animals,
goods, raid things specified
in
thut part,
and the
circumstances
in
which
the
exceptional charges may
be
made;
and
Part
IV. of the
table contains
the
rates
conveyance
rates.
[56 & 57 VICT.] Ganal Bates, Tolls, and
Charges
[Ch. CCXXV.]
(Leeds
and Liverpool Ganal) Order
Confirmation
Act, 1893.
and charges which the Company may make for the conveyance by them of A.D. 1893.
small parcels, with the provisions and regulations which are to applv to such T T~ ,
. sri j Leeds and
parcels. Liverpool
• Canal.
2.
The maximum rates are the maximum rates which the Company may Maximum
charge for the conveyance by them of merchandise over the canal, and include
the provision of boats and towage or other motive power by the Company,
and every other expense incidental to such conveyance not otherwise herein
provided for: Provided that it shall not be obligatory on the Company to
convey over the canal any merchandise comprised in Class A. of the classifica-
tion, or any of the following articles in Class B., viz., ammoniacal liquor,
pitch (coal tar) (during the months of June, July, August, and September), '
compost for manure, creosote, coal tar, gas tar, gas water, draff or brewers'
and distillers' grains, gravel (tarred, for paving), lime in bulk, manures in
bulk, salt in bulk, sugar scum for manure, or any article or thing which
in weight or bulk may exceed the lifting power of the Company's.cranes,
or the carrying capacity of their boats, or whicli may be liable to injure the
boats of the Company or other goods carried therein, or which may be
dangerous or explosive.
3.
The maximum station terminals are the maximum charges which the Com- Maximum
pany may make to a trader for the use of the accommodation (exclusive of coal
minais.
or other drops) provided, and for the duties undertaken by the Company for
which no other provision is made in this schedule, at the terminal station for or
in dealing with merchandise, as carriers
thereof,
before or after conveyance.
4.
The maximum service terminals are the maximum charges which the Maximum ser-
Company may make to a trader for the following services, when rendered to
or for a trader at a terminal station, that is to say, loading, unloading, cover-
ing, and uncovering merchandise, which charges shall, in respect of each
service, be deemed to include all charges for the provision by the Company of
labour, machinery, plant, stores, and sheets : Provided that where merchandise
conveyed in a separate boat is loaded or unloaded elsewhere than in a shed or
building of the Company, the Company may not charge to a trader any
service terminnl for the performance by the Company of any of the said
services if the trader has requested the Company to allow him to perform the
service for himself and the Company have unreasonably refused to allow him
to do so. Any dispute between a trader and the Company in reference to
any service terminal charged to a trader who is not allowed by the Company
to perform for himself the service shall be determined by the Board of Trade.
5.
The maximum tolls are the maximum tolls which the Company may Maximum
charge in respect of the use of the canal by a bye-trader conveying merchandise
over the same.
6. The maximum wharfage charges 'are the maximum charges which the Maximum
Company may make for the use by a bye-trader or other person, for a reason- ^r^
able period, of a landing-place, exclusive of cranes, machinery, and plant,
provided by the Company at a terminal station, for the purpose of loading or
unloading merchandise, and of the bye-trader dealing with the merchandise as
a carrier
thereof,
before or after conveyance over the canal.
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