Canal Tolls and Charges, No.9 (Canals of the Caledonian and North British Railway Companies) Order Confirmation Act 1894

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1894 c. ccii
[57
&
58 VICT.]
Canal Tolls
and
Charges,
No. 9 [Ch. CCiL]
{Canals
of
Caledonian
and North British
Railway
Companies),
Order Confirmation
Ad, 1894.
CHAPTER ccii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
1894.
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, for the Canals of the Caledonian Railway
Company, and of the North British Railway Company.
[l7th"August 1894.]
"INHERE AS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
51 &
52 Vict.
*
* the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c- 25-
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 Com-
panies which are mentioned in the schedule to the said Provisional
Order:
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, No. 9 short title.
(Canals of the Caledonian and North British Railway Companies),
Order Confirmation Act, 1894.
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 g^uie.
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, hare full
validity and effect.
[Price
3s.] A 1
[Ch.
CCii.]
Canal Tolls
and
Charges,
No. 9 [57 &
58.
Vict]
, (Oamls
of
Gakdmian
and
North
British
Railway
Companies),
Order Confirmation
Act,
1894.
A.D.1894.
SCHEDULE.
Caledonian
and
North
British
Railway
Companies'
Canals.
CANALS
OP THE CALEDONIAN AND NOETH BRITISH
RAILWAY
COMPANIES.
Order
of the
Board
of Trade under the Railwayand 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
for
the
Canals
of the
Caledonian
Railway
Company,
and of
the
North
British Railway
Company.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Canal Tolls and Charges, No. 9 (Canals
of the Caledonian and North British Railway Companies), Order, 1894.
2.
This Order shall
come
into force and have effect on the;first day of January
one thousand eight hundred and ninety-five, 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.
Interpretation. 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 tolls and
charges which the companies above named shall be entitled to charge and make
in respect of merchandise traffic on the canals named in the schedule to this
Order annexedshall be the tolls and charges specified in relation to those canals
in the said schedule, and shall be subject to the classification, regulations, and
provisions set forth in the said schedule.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Schedule
of
maximum
tolls
and
charges.
[57 & 58 VICT.] Canal Tolls and
Charges,
No. 9 [Oil*
CGii.]'
(Ganals
of
Caledonian
and North British Railway Gompwms), -
Order Confirmation Act, 1894.
SCHEDULE OP MAXIMUM TOLLS AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICA- A.D. 1894.
TION OP MERCHANDISE TRAFFIC APPLICABLE FOR THE CANALS
caUfonian
OP THE CALEDONIAN RAILWAY COMPANY AND OP THE NORTH
Nm.^ntish
BRITISH RAILWAY COMPANY. .
Railway
Companies
Canals.
GENERAL SECTIONS APPLICABLE TO ALL THE CANALS TO WHICH
THIS SCHEDULE APPLIES.
I.—MAXIMUM
TOLLS
AND
CHARGES.
1.
Table A. in this schedule is divided into two parts and shall be deemed Division
of
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
conveyed by a bye-trader over the canal in a boat or otherwise. 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 Maximum
charge in respect of the use of the canal by a bye-trader conveying merchandise ° 6'
over the same in a boat or otherwise.
3.
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
reasonable ^^5fe
period, of a landing-place (exclusive of cranes, and the machinery, plant, and
power for working the cranes, and provision of labour in connexion therewith)
provided by the Company at a terminal station for the purpose of loading or
unloading merchandise and for the purpose of the bye-trader dealing with
merchandise as a carrier thereof before or after conveyance over the canal in a
boat or otherwise.
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 his request or for c arges'
bis 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 have 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.
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