Great Western Railway (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act 1891
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1891 c. ccxxii |
[54 & 55 VICT.] Great Western Railway Company [Ch. CCXXii.]
{Bates and
Charges)
Order
Confirmation
Act, 1891.
CHAPTER ccxxii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
i89i.
of Trade under the Kailway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Rates and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Great Western Railway Company, and
certain other Railway Companies connected therewith.
[5th August 1891.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
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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 Western
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 Western Railway Short title.
Company (Rates and Charges) Order Confirmation Act, 1891.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, Coafirmatiou
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions of
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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 1
[dh.
CCXXii.] Great Western Railway
Company
[54 & 55
VICT.]
{Bates
and
Charges)
Order
Confirmation
Act, 1891.
A.D.
1891.
Great
Western
Railway.
SCHEDULE.
GREAT
WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY.
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 rates and charges,
including
all terminal charges applicable to the said classification
of
the Great Western Railway Company, and certain other
railway
companies connected therewith.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Great Western Railway Company
(Eates and Charges) Order, 1891.
2.
This Order shall come into force and have effect from the 1st August
1892,
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 Eailway 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 Western Eailway 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.
Schedule
of
maximum
fates
and
charges.
SCHEDULE
of
MAXIMUM
RATES
and
CHARGES,
and
CLASSIFICATION
of
MERCHANDISE
TRAFFIC
applicable to the
GREAT
WESTERN
RAILWAY
COMPANY
and certain other Companies connected
therewith.
L—MAXIMUM
EATES
AND
CHARGES.
1.
This schedule of maximum rates and cha'rges 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 j
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& 55
VICT.]
Great Western Railway
Company
[CJll. CCXxii.}
(Bates
and
Charges)
Order
Confirmation
Act, 1891.
Part IV., specifying the exceptional charges mentioned in such part, and the A.D. 1^91.
circumstances in which they may be made; Part V., containing the rates
Grea7~West,r
and charges authorised in respect of perishable merchandise by passenger Railway
train, with the provisions and regulations which are to apply to such class of
merchandise; and Part VI., containing the rates and charges authorised 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 merchandise, 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.
(&.) 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
determined- by an arbitrator to bo 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.
3.
The maximum station terminal is the maximum charge which the
Company may make to a trader for the use of the accommodation (exclusive
of coal 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
Company may make to a trader for the following services, when rendered to
or for a trader, that is to say, loading, unloading, covering, 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 truck is loaded or unloaded
elsewhere than in a shed or building of the Company, the Company may not
charge to a trader any service terminal 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
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