Canal Tolls and Charges (Grand Junction Canal) Order Confirmation Act 1893
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1893 c. ccxxvii |
| Year | 1893 |
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&
57 VICT.]
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and
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{Grand
Jvmtion
Gawd) Order Confirmation
Act, 1893.
CHAPTER ccxxvii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
1893.
of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, """•
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Tolls and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Company of Proprietors of the Grand
Junction Canal. [12th September 1893.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
51
&52Vict.
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c' s' '"
classification of merchandise traffic and schedule of maximum
tolls and charges, including all wharfage charges which, in the
opinion of the Board of Trade, ought to be adopted by the
Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal:
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 Tolls and Charges (Grand
Short
title
Junction Canal) Order Confirmation Act, 1893.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, Confirmation
, .... or Order in
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions schedule.
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, have
full validity and effect.
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CCXXVii.]
Canal Tolls
and
Charges
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(Grand Junction Canal) Order Confirmation
Act, 1893.
A.D.
1893.
Grand
Junction
Canal.
SCHEDULE.
Shert
title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of
maximum
tolls
and
charges.
THE
COMPANY OE PROPKIETORS OP THE GRAND
JUNCTION
CANAL.
Order
of
the
Board of Trade under the Railway and
Canal Traffic
Act, 1888,
embodying
the
Classification
of
Merchandise Traffic
and
the authorised Schedule
of
Maximum
Tolls and
Charges,
including
all Wharfage Charges applicable to the said
Classification
of the
Company
of Proprietors of the Grand
Junction
Canal.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Canal Tolls and Charges (Grand Junction
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 respect3 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 tolls
and charges which the Company of Proprietors of the Grand Junction Canal
shall be entitled to chnrge and make in respect of merchandise traffic shall be
the 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.
Maximum
toll!.
Maximum
wharfage
charges.
SCHEDULE
of
MAXIMUM TOLLS
and
CHARGKES,
and
CLASSIFICATION
of
MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC APPLICABLE
to the
COMPANY
OF
PROPRIETORS OF
THE
GRAND JUNCTION CANAL.
I.—MAXIMUM
TOLLS
AND
CHARGES.
1.
Table A in this schedule is divided into two parts, and shall be deemed part
of this schedule. Part I. of the table contains the maximum tolls and wharfage
charges which the Company may charge in respect of the merchandise comprised
in the several classes of merchandise specified in the classification when conveyed
by a bye-trader over the canal. Part II. of the table contains the exceptional
charges which the Company may charge in respect of the articles, goods, and
things specified in that part, and the circumstances in which the exceptional
charges may be made.
2.
The maximum tolls are the maximum tolls which the Company may
charge in respect of the use of the canal by a bye-trader conveying merchandise
over the same.
3.
The maximum wharfage charges are the maximum charges which the
Company may make for the use by a bye-trader or other person, for a
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VICT.]
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(Grand Junction Garni) Order Confirmation
Act, 1893.
reasonable periou, of a landing place, exclusive of
cranes,
machinery, and plant, AD- ]893.
provided by the Company at a terminal station, for the purpose of loading or j^d
unloading merchandise, and of the bye-trader dealing with the merchandise as -faction.
a carrier
thereof,
before or after conveyance over the canal. Canal.
4.
The Company may charge for the services hereunder mentioned, or any Special
of them, when rendered to a bye-trader, or other person, at bis request or for ^rges.
his convenience, a reasonable sum, in addition to all other tolls and charges.
Any difference arising under this section shall be determined by an arbitrator
to be appointed by the Board of Trade at the instance of either party.
Provided that where before any such service is rendered to a bye-trader, or
other person, he has given notice in writing to the Company that he does not
require it, the service shall not be deemed to haye been rendered at his request
or for his convenience :—
(i.) The collection or delivery of merchandise outside the terminal station.
(ii.) Weighing merchandise.
(iii.) The use or occupation of any wharfage accommodation, before or after
conveyance, beyond such period as shall be reasonably necessary for
enabling the bye-trader to deal with the merchandise as carrier thereof
or the consignor or consignee to give or take delivery
thereof,
and
services rendered by the Company in connexion with such use or
occupation.
(iv.) Loading or unloading, covering or uncovering merchandise comprised
in any class of the classification when conveyed by a bye-trader orer the
canal.
(v.) The use of coal or other drops.
(vi.) The use of cranes, and the machinery, plant, and power for working the
cranes,
and provision of labour in connexion therewith.
(vii.) The provision of towage or other motive power for a bye-trader.
(viii.) The use or occupation of a berth, lay-bye, or canal basin belonging
to the Company, and not being the canal, lay-bye, or canal basin alongside
any private
wharf,
by a bye-trader's boat, beyond a reasonable period for
loading or unloading, but no charge shall be made for boats tied up or
moored at night or when not at work, provided the traffic of the canal or
of a terminal station or canal basin is not thereby impeded.
(ix.) For gauging or re-gauging and weighing or re-weighing boats for the
purpose of ascertaining their carrying capacity, and for providing and
fixing gauge plates or other indices on boats.
5.
Where the Company gauge or re-gauge, or weigh or re-weigh a boat, ^^and
the book containing the record of the gauge or weight shall be open to inspec- register.
tion at all reasonable times at the principal office of the Company, or at the
weighing station of the Company where such boat was last weighed.
6. Nothing herein contained shall prevent the Company from making and
Charges
f°r
receiving, in addition to the tolls and charges specified in this schedule, charges b7^!,wdeT
and payments, by way of rent or otherwise, for wharves, lay-byes, and other agreement.
structural accommodation provided or to be provided by the Company for the
use of a bye-trader or other person, or for easements, rights, or privileges
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