Great Eastern Railway (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act 1891
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1891 c. ccxiv |
| Year | 1891 |
[54 & 55 VICT. J
Gr-eat
Eastern Railway Company [Ch. CCXiv.]
{Bates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act, 1891.
CHAPTER ccxiv.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board A-D-189K
of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Great Eastern Railway Company, and
certain other Railway Companies connected therewith.
[5th August 1891.]
I THERE AS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, 51
& 52
Vict.
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c' 25"s'24'
classification of merchandise traffic and schedule of maximum
rates and charges, including all terminal charges which, in the
opinion of the Board of Trade, ought to be adopted by the
Great Eastern Railway Company, and the railway companies
connected therewith, 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 Great Eastern Railway Company Short title.
(Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act, 1891.
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
ofh0jdffm
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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[Oh.
CCXiv.] Great Eastern Railway Company [54 & 55
VICT.]
{Bates
and Charges) Order Confirmation Act, 1891.
A.D.
1891.
Great
Eastern
Railway.
SCHEDULE.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of
maximum
rates
and
charges.
GREAT
EASTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
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 rates and charges, including all terminal charges
applicable to the said classification of the Great Eastern Railway Company,
and certain other railway companies connected (herewith.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Great Eastern Railway Company (Rates
and Charges) Order, 1891.
2.
This»Ord«r shall come into force and have effect on the first day of
August one thousand eight hundred and ninety-two, 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 and
charges which the Great Eastern Railway Company, and the railway companies
connected therewith mentioned in the Appendix to the schedule to this Order
in respect of railways mentioned in the said Appendix, shall be entitled to
charge and make in respect of merchandise traffic on the railways of the said
companies, shall be the rates 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.
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[54
& 55
VICT.]
Great Eastern llailway Company [Cb. CCXiv.J
(Mates
and Charges) Order Confirmation Act, 1891.
SCHEDULE
OP
MAXIMUM
EATES
AND
CHARGES,
AND
CLASSIPICA-
A.D. \m\.
TION
OF
MERCHANDISE
TRAFFIC
APPLICABLE
TO THE
GREAT
Great Eastern
EASTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY AND
CERTAIN
OTHER
COMPANIES
Iimlway-
CONNECTED
THEREWITH.
I.—MAXIMUM
EATES
AND
CHARGES.
1.
This schedule of maximum rates and charges shall be divided into six
parts:
Part I., containing the maximum rates and charges authorised in respect
of the merchandise comprised in the several classes of merchandise specified in
the classification; Part II. and Part III., containing the maximum rates and
charges authorised in respect of animals and carriages as therein mentioned ;
Part IV., specifying the exceptional charges mentioned in such part, and the
circumstances in which they may be made; Part V., containing the rates
and charges authorised in respect of perishable merchandise by passenger train,
with the provisions and regulations which are to apply to such class of mer-
chandise; and Part VI., containing the rates and charges aullioriscd in respect
of small parcels by merchandise train, with the provisions and regulations which
are to apply to such parcels.
2.
The maximum rate for conveyance is the maximum rate which the
Company may charge for the conveyance of merchandise by merchandise train ;
and, subject to the exceptions and provisions specified in this schedule, includes
the provision of locomotive power and trucks by the Company, and every other
expense incidental to such conveyance not herein-after provided for. Provided
that—
(a.) The provision of trucks is not included in the maximum rates applicable
to merchandise specified in Class A of the classification, and the Company
shall not be required to provide trucks for the conveyance of such mer-
chandise, or for the conveyance of lime in bulk or salt in bulk, or of the
following articles when carried in such a manner as to injure the trucks of
the Company; that is to say, ammoniacal liquor, creosote, coal tar, gas
tar, gas water, or gravel tarred for paving.
(b.) Where, for the conveyance of merchandise other than merchandise
specified in Class A of the classification, the Company do not provide
trucks, the rate authorised for conveyance shall be reduced by a sum
which for distances not exceeding fifty miles shall, in case of difference
between the Company and the person liable to pay the charge, be deter-
mined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the Board of Trade, and for
distances exceeding fifty miles shall be the charge authorised to be made
by the Company for the provision of trucks when not included in the
maximum rate for conveyance
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