Railway Rates and Charges, No.3 (Cambrian Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
Citation1892 c. xli
Year1892
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Hates and Charges, No. 3 [Ch. xli.J
{Cambrian Railway, fyc.),.Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
CHAPTER xli.
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 Rates and Charges applicable
thereto, of the Cambrian Railway Company, and certain
other Railway Companies. [20th June 1802.]
W
HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, the 5i&52Vici;.
Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the classifi- c" 25*s" 24,
cation 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 Charge?, short title.
No.
3 (Cambrian Railway, &c), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
2.
The Order, as set out in the sehedule to this Act annexed, Confirmation
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions of of
°!jder
m
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.
xli.] Railway Mates and Charges, No. 3 [55 & 56 VICT.]
(Cambrian
Railway, fyc), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
A.D.
1892.
Cambrian
Bailway,
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SCHEDULE.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Interpretation.
Schedule
of t
maximum
rates
and
charges.
Order
of the Board of Trade under the Railway and Oanal 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
Cambrian
Railway Company ; Bishop's Castle Railway Com-
pony;
Buckley Railway
Company
j Exmouth Docks and
Railway
Company; Mawddwy Railway Company; Mid-Wales
Railway
Company ; South Wales Mineral Railway Company ;
Van
Railway Company; and West Somerset Mineral Railway
Company.
1.
This Order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No. 3
(Cambrian Railway, &c), Order, 1892.
2.
This Order shall come into force and have effect on the first day of
January 1893, 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 subje'ct 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.
SCHEDULE
OE MAXIMUM RITES AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICATION
OE
MERCHANDISE TRAEEIC APPLICABLE TO THE CAMBRIAN
RAILWAY
COMPANY; BISHOP'S CASTLE RAILWAY COMPANY;
BUCKLEY
RAILWAY COMPANY ; EXMOUTH DOCKS AND RAIL-
WAY
COMPANY ; MAWDDWY RAILWAY COMPANY ; MID-WALES
RAILWAY
COMPANY; SOUTH WALES MINERAL RAILWAY
COMPANY;
VAN RAILWAY COMPANY; AND
WEST
SOMERSET
MINERAL
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 miximum rates and charges authorised in respect
oi tue ir>nrcliandise ccmpnseJ in the several classes of merchandise specified in
2
[55
& 56
VICT.]
Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 3 [Oh. xli.]
{Cambrian
Hallway,
Sfe.),
Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
the classification; Part. II. and Part III., containing the maximum rates and A-D* ^2
charges authorised in respect of animals and carriiiges as therein mentioned ; Cambrian
Part IV., specifying the exceptional charges mentioned in such part, and the Railway,
circumstances in which they may he made ; Part V., containing the rates and *"c,» 9°'
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 and regulations which are to
apply to such parcels.
2.
The maximum rate for conveyance is the maximum rate which the Com-
pany 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 mer-
chandise, 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 tai", 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 fifty miles, shall, in case of difference 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 fifty miles shall be the charge authorised to be made by the
Company for the provision of truck? when not included in the maximum
rate for conveyance.
3.
The maximum station terminal is the maximum charge which the Com-
pany 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 tbc
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 mer-
chandise, 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 else-
where than in a shed or building of tie Company, the Company may not
charge to a trader any service terminal for the performance by the Company
of anv of the said services if the trader has requested the Company to allow
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