Railway Rates and Charges, No.7 (Furness Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1892 c. xlv |
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Bates
and,
Charges,
No. 7 [Ch. xlv.]
(Furness Railway, Sfc), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
OHAPTEE xlv.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board
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1892.
of Trade under the Bailway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
containing the Classification of Merchandise Traffic, and
the Schedule of Maximum Rat^s and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Furness Railway Company and the
London and North Western and Furness Railway
Companies' Joint Railways. [20th June 1892.]
HERE AS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
51 & 52
Vict.
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the c' 2o'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 Railway
Companies 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.
7 (Furness 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
^e Order
in
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.
Xlv.] Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 7 [55 & 56
VICT.]
(Fumess
Railway, Sfc), Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
AD.
1892.
Fumess
Railway,
&c.,
frc
SCHEDULE.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of
maximum
rates
and
charges.
Order
of the Board of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic
Act, 1888,
embodying
the
Glassification
oj
Merchandise
Traffic and
the Schedule
of
Maximum Rates
and
Charges,
including
all Terminal
Charges applicable to the
said
Classification
of
the
Furness Railway
Company and
the London and North Western
and Furness
Railway
Companies'
Joint Railways.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No 7
(Furness Railway, &c), Order, 1892.
2.
This Order shall come into force and have effect from the first 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 Railway Companies specified in the schedule to this Order
shall he entitled to charge and make in respect of 'merchandise traffic on the
Furness Railway and the London and North Western and Furness Railway
Companies' Joint Railways 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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[55
& 56
VICT.]
Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 7 [Ch. xlv.]
(Furness
Railway, fyc),
Order Confirmation
Act, 1892.
SCHEDULE
OF
MAXIMUM
RATES
AND
CHARGES,
AND
CLASSIFICA-
A-P- 1892>
TION
OF
MERCHANDISE
TRAFFIC
APPLICABLE
TO THE
FURNESS
.FW»
RAILWAY
COMPANY AND TO THE
LONDON
AND
NORTH
"WESTERN
#'
AND
FURNESS
RAILWAY
COMPANIES'
JOINT
RAILWAYS.
I.—MAXIMUM
RATES
AND
CHAKGES.
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 j
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 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—
(d.) The provision of trucks is not included in the maximum rates applicable
to merchandise specified in Class A. of the classification, and the Com-
pany 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.
(h.) 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 ease of difference
between the Company and the person liable to pay the charge, he
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
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