Railway Rates and Charges, No.21 (City of Glasgow Union Railway) Order Confirmation Act 1892
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1892 c. lix |
[55 & 56 VICT.] Baihoay Bates and
Charges,
No. 21 [Oh. lix.]
(City of
Glasgow
Union Railway), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
CHAPTER lix.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
A.D.
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 appli-
cable thereto, of the City of Glasgow Union Railway
Company. [20th June 1892.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, 5i&52Viet.
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 he adopted by the City of Glasgow
Union Railway Company:
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.
21 (City of Glasgow Union Railway), 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 schedule.
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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[Ch.
lix.] Railway Bates and
Charges,.No.
21 [55 &'56 VICT.]
'(City
of
Glasgow
Union Railway), Order
Confirmation
Act, ]892.
A.B.
1892.
City
of Glas-
gow
Union
Railway
Company,
SCHEDULE.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of
maximum
rates
and
charges.
Order
of the Board of Trade under the Railwayand 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
City of Glasgow Union Railway Company.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No. 21
(City of Glasgow Union Railway), 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 City of Glasgow Union Railway Company shall be
entitled to charge and make in respect of merchandise traffic on the railway,
shall be the rates and charges specified in the schedule to this •Ordetr 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 T6 THE CITY OF
GLASGOW
UNION RAILWAY COMPANY.
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 mefchandise 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
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& 56
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Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 21 '[Oh. lix,]
(City
of
Glasgow
Union
Railway),
Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
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 merchandise ;
and Part VI„ containing the rates and charges'authorised, in respect of. small
parcels by merchandise train, with the provisions arid 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 powe,r and trucks by the Com-
pany, and every other expense incidental to such conveyance not otherwise
herein provided for, Provided that where, for. the conveyance of any
merchandise, the Company do not provide trucks', the rate authorised for con-
veyance 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
arbitrator appointed by the Board of Trade.
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 h loaded or unloaded else-
where 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 Company in
reference to any service terminal, charged, to a tr.ader who is not allowed .by the
Company to perform for himself the service shall be determined by the Board
of Trade,
5.
The Company may charge for the services hereunder mentioned, or any
of them, when rendered to a trader at his request or for his convenience, a
reasonable sum, by way of addition to the tjonnage rate. 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 service is rendered to a trader- 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 the trader's request or for-his convenience.
A 2 3
A.D.
JS02.
City
of Glas-
gow
Union
ItailvHii/
Company.
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