Railway Rates and Charges, No.15 (North Eastern Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1892 c. liii |
| Year | 1892 |
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Rates and
Charges,
No. 15 [Oh. liii.]
(North Eastern Railway, Sfc), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
CHAPTER liii.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
AD.
1892.
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 North Eastern Railway Company, and
certain other Railway Companies. [20th June 1892.]
W
HEREAS tinder the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, 5i&52Vict.
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c- '' s'
classification of merchandise traffic and schedule of maximum
rates and charges, including all terminable charges which, in the
opinion of the Board of Trade, ought to be adopted by the
Railway Companies which are specified 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 Railway Rates and Charges Short title.
No.
15 (North Eastern Railway, &c), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schediile to this Act annexed, Confirmation
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions °, SJ^ m
of the said Order in manner and form as they arc set out in the
said schedule shall, from and after the passing of this Act, have
full validity and effect.
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[Ch.
liii.] Baihvay Bates and
Charges,
No. 15 [55 & 56
VICT
]
(North
Eastern Railway, Sfc), Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
A.D.
1892.
North
Eastern
Baihvay,
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SCHEDULE.
Order of the Board of' Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
embodying the Classification of Merchandise Traffic and the Schedule of
Maximum Rates and Charges, including all Terminal Charges applicable to
the said Classification of the North Eastern Railway Company, the Forcett
Railway Company, the Great North of England, Clarence, and Hartlepool
Junction Railway Company, the Scarborough, Bridlington, and West
Riding Junction Railways Company, the Scarborough and Whitby
Railway Company, and the Marquis of Londonderry in respect of the
Londonderry (Seaham to Sunderland) Railway.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No. 15
(North Eastern Railway, &c), Order, 1892.
2.
This Order shall come into force and have effect on the first day of
January one thousand eight hundred and ninety-three, 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 rates and
charges which the railway companies specified in the schedule to this Order
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.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Schedule
of
mrsimnm
rates
and
charges.
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[55 & 56
VICT.]
Railway Bates and Charges, No. 15 [Oh. liii]
(North Eastern Railway, Sfc), Order Confirmation Act. 1892.
SCHEDULE OP MAXIMUM RATES AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIPICA- AD- 1892-
TION OP MERCHANDISE TIIAPPIC APPLICABLE TO THE NORTH
Nonh Eastern
EASTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY, THE FORCETT RAILWAY COM-
atuiaiJ^c-
PANY, THE GREAT NORTH OP ENGLAND, CLARENCE, AND
HARTLEPOOL JUNCTION RAILWAY COMPANY, THE
SCAR-
BOROUGH, BRIDLINGTON, AND WEST RIDING JUNCTION RAIL-
WAYS COMPANY, THE SCARBOROUGH AND WHITBY RAILWAY
COMPANY, AND THE MARQUIS OP
LONDONDERRY
IN RESPECT
OP THE
LONDONDERRY
(SEAHAM TO SUNDERLAND) RAILWAY.
I.—MAXIMUM
BATES
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 ar_e to apply to such class of mer-
chandise ; 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 includes the provision of locomotive power and trucks by the Company,
and every other expense incidental to such conveyance not otherwise herein
provided for, provided that the Company shall not be required to provide
trucks for the conveyance of lime in bulk, or salt in bulk, or of the following
articles when carried in such manner as to injure the trucks of the Company;
that is to say, ammoniacal liquor, creosote, coal-tar, gas-tar, gas-water, gravel
tarred for paving : Provided also that where, for the conveyance of any mer-
chandise the Company do not provide trucks, the rate authorised for convey-
ance shall be reduced by a sum which shall, in case of difference between the
Company and the person liable to pay the charge, be determined by an arbi-
trator appointed by the Board of Trade.
3.
The maximum station terminal is the maximum charge which the Company
may make to a ti'ader 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
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