Railway Rates and Charges, No.22 (Glasgow and South Western Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892
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| Citation | 1892 c. lx |
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 22 [Ch. lx.]
(Glasgow
and South Western Railway, fyc), Order
Confirmation Ad, 1892.
CHAPTER
lx.
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 applicable
thereto, of the Glasgow and South Western Railway
Company, and certain other Railway Companies.
[20th June 1892.]
TT/'HEREAS under the Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888,
51 & 52
Vict.
VT
the Board of Trade embodied in a Provisional Order the
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 Glasgow and
South Western 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.
22 (Glasgow and South Western Railway, &c), Order Confir-
mation 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 . ?" m
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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[Ch. lx.] Railway Bates and Charges, No. 22 [55 & 56 VlCT.]
(Glasgow and South Western Railway, 8fc), Order
Confirmation Act, 1892.
A.D.1892.
SCHEDULE.
Glasgow
and
••
South
Western
Railway,
!frc.
Order of the Board of Trade under the Railway and Canal Traffic
•
Act, 188S, 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 Glasgow and South Western Railway Company, and
certain other Hailway Companies connected therewith.
1.
This Order
may be
cited
as the
Railway Rates
and
Charges,
No. 22
(Glasgow
and
South Western 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.
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
Glasgow
and
South Western 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.
Short
title.
Commence-
ment.
Schedule
of
maximum
rates
and
charges.
SCHEDULE
OF
MAXIMUM KATES
AND
CHARGES,
AND
CLASSIFICATION
OF
MERCHANDISE TEAFFIC APPLICABLE
TO THE
GLASGOW
AND
SOUTH-
WESTERN EAILWAY COMPANY,
AND
CERTAIN OTHER RAILWAY
COMPANIES CONNECTED 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
;
Part
IV.,
specifying
the
exceptional charges mentioned
in
such part,
and
I the
•circumstnnces
in
which they
may be
made; Part
V.,
containing
the
rates
[55
& 56
VICT.]'
Railway Bates and
Charges,
No. 22 [Ch. lx.]
(Glasgow
and South Western Railway, Sfc), Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
and charges authorised in respect of perishable merchandise by passenger A.D. 1892.
train, with the provisions and regulations which are to apply to such class
Glasgow
and
of merchandise; and Part VI., containing the rates and charges authorised Southwestern
in respect of small parcels by merchandise train, with the provisions and a'wa*' '
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 Mich conveyance not otherwise
herein provided for. Provided that where, for the conveyance of any mer-
chandise, the Company do not provide trucks, the rate authorised for conveyance
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 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 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 lo do so. Any dispute between a trader and the Com-
pany in reference to any service terminal charged to a trader 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 tonnage 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 1)3 deemed
to have been rendered at the trader's request or for his convenience:—
(i.) Services rendered by the Company at or in connexion with sidings
not belonging to the Company.
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