Railway Rates and Charges, No.17 (North Staffordshire Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1892 c. lv |
| Year | 1892 |
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 17 [Gh. lv.]
(North.
Staffordshire Railway, fyc), Order Confirmation
Act, 1892.
CHAPTER lv.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
1892.
of Trade under the Eailway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Eates and Charges applicable
thereto, of the North Staffordshire Railway Company, and
certain other Eailway Companies. [20th June 1892.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
51 & 52
Vict.
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the °" 2o- Sl
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 North Stafford-
shire Railway Company, and the railway companies connected
therewith 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.
17 (North Staffordshire Railway, &c), Order Confirmation
Act, 1892.
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 ofh°jff in
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.] A 1
[Oh.
Iv.] Railway Rates and
Charges,
No. 17 [55 & 56 VICT.]
(North Staffordshire
Railway, fyc), Order Confirmation
Act, 1892.
A.r>.
1892.
SCHEDULE.
North
Staffordshire
Railway,
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NORTH STAFFORDSHIRE RAILWAY COMPANY.
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 Staffordshire Railway Company, and certain other
railway
companies connected theremth.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No. 17
(North Staffordshire 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.
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 North Staffordshire Railway Company, and the railway
companies connected therewith specified in the Appendix to the schedule to
this Order in respect of railways specified 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 RATES and CHARGES, and CLASSIFICATION
of
MERCHANDISE
TRAFFIC applicable to the NORTH STAFFORD-
SHIRE
RAILWAY COMPANY, and certain other COMPANIES con-
nected
therewith.
I.—MAXIMUM RATES 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;
2
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of
maximum
rates
and
charges.
[55
& 56
VICT.]
Railway Rates and
Charges,
No. 17 [Oh. IV.]
(North
Staffordshire Railway, fyc), Order Confirmation
Act, 1892.
Part IV., specifying the exceptional charges mentioned in such part, and the A.D. 1892.
circumstances in which they may be made; Part V., containing the rates w^th
and charges authorised in respect of perishable merchandise by passenger Staffordshire
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.
(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 50 miles, shall, in case of differ-
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ence between the Company and the person liable to pay the charge,
be determined by an arbitrator to be appointed by the Board of
Trade ; and for distances exceeding 50 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
refused to allow him to do so. Any dispute between a trader and the
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