Canal Tolls and Charges, No.8 (River Cam, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1894
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1894 c. cci |
| Year | 1894 |
[57
&
58 Vici.]
Canal Tolls
aid
Charges,
No. 8 [Ch. CCi j
(River
Cam,
fyc),
Order Confirmation
Act, 1894.
CHAPTER cci.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
k.D.
ISW.
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 River Cam Navigation, and certain other
Canals. [17th August 1894.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, the 5i&
52
Vict.
Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the classifi-
c"
25,
cation 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 Proprietors of the
canals and navigations 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. 8
Short
title.
(River Cam, &c), 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 of g^^g1U
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.
[Price
3s. 3d.] A
[Oh.
CCi.]
Garni Tolls and
Charges,
No. 8 [57
&
58
VICT.J
(Riv&r
Gam,
fyc),
Order Confirmation
Act,
1894.
A.D.
1894.
SCHEDULE.
BiverCam^c.
RIVER
CAM, &C.
Order of the
Board of
Trade under
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
Classifi-
cation for
the River Cam
Navigation,
the Eau Brink Naviga-
tion,
the Middle Level
Navigation,
the River Nene (First and
Second Navigation
Divisions),
the River Nene (Third Naviga-
tion
Division),
the South Level Navigation, the Thetford
Navigation,
and the
Wisbech
Canal.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Canal Tolls and Charges, No. 8 (River
Cam, &c), Order, 1894.
2.
This Order shall come into force and rhave 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 to 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 Proprietors of the canals or navigations named in the
schedule to this Order annexed shall be entitled to charge and make in
respect of merchandise traffic on those canals or navigations shall be the
tolls and charges specified in relation to those canals or navigations 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.
ft
[57
&
58 Vic?.]
Canal Tolls and
Charges,
No:
8
£Ch. CCi.]
(Biver
Cam,
fyc),
Order Confirmation
Act, 1894.
SCHEDULE
OP MAXIMUM TOLLS AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICATION OP A.D. 1894.
MERCHANDISE
TRAFFIC APPLICABLE TO THE RIVER CAM NAVIGATION, BweTcIm,^
THE
EAU BRINK NAVIGATION, THE MIDDLE LEVEL NAVIGATION,
THE
RIVER NENE
(FIRST
AND SECOND NAVIGATION DIVISIONS),
THE
RIVER NENE (THIRD NAVIGATION DIVISION), THE SOUTH
LEVEL
NAVIGATION, THE THETFORD NAVIGATION, AND THE 'WISBECH
CANAL.
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
s^1116,
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 respejtt 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
over the same.
3.
The maximum wharfage charges are the maximum charges which the Maximam
Company may make for the use by a bye-trader or other person, for a Zhmg^
reasonable 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 teiminal 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
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 e arges'
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 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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