Railway Rates and Charges, No.18 (Taff Vale Railway, &c.) Order Confirmation Act 1892
| Jurisdiction | UK Non-devolved |
| Citation | 1892 c. lvi |
[55 & 56 VICT.] Railway Rates and
Charges,
No. 18 [Ch. lvi.]
(Taff Vale Railway,
fyc.),
Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892.
CHAPTER
lvi.
An Act to confirm a Provisional Order made by the Board AD- 18i)2«
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 Taff Vale Railway Company, and certain
other Railway Companies. [20th June 1892.]
W
HEREAS under the Eailway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, si
& 52
Viet.
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 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.
18 (Taff Vale Railway, &c), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
2.
The Order, as set out in the schedule to this Act annexed, c°nfir_mat*10n
shall be and the same is hereby confirmed, and all the provisions schedule.
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,
[Price 3s. 3d.] A ]
[Ch. Ivi.] "Railway Rates and
Charges,
No. 18 [55 & 56 VICT.]
(Taff
Vale Railway, Sfc), Order
Confirmation
Act, 1892,
A.D.
1892.
Taff
Vale
Railway,
§c.
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 Taff Vale Railway Company, the Aberdare
Railway
Company,
the Alexandra (Newport and South Wales)
Docks
and Railway Company, the-Barry Railway Company,
the
Great Western Railway Company and the Rhymney
Railway Company
Joint Railways, the Great Western Railway
Company
and Taff Vale Railway Company Joint Railway,
the
Mersey Railway Company, the Penarth Extension Railway
Company,
the Penarth Harbour, Dock, and Railway Company,
the
Rhondda and Swansea Bay Railway Company, and the
Rhymney
Railway Company,
1.
This order may be cited as the Railway Rates and Charges, No. 18
(Taff Vale 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 Oanal 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.
2
[55 & 56
VICT.]
Railway Bates and Charges, No. 18 [Ch. lvi.]
{Taff Vale Raihvay, $•.), Order Confirmation Act, 1892.
A.D.
1892.
SCHEDULE OF MAXIMUM RATES AND CHARGES, AND CLASSIFICATION OF '-—
MEBCHANDISE TRAFFIC APPLICABLE TO THE TAFF VALE RAILWAY BalLa,/,^.
COMPANY, THE
ABERDARE
RAILWAY COMPANY, THE
ALEXANDRA
(NEWPORT
AND SOUTH WALES)
DOCKS
AND . RAILWAY COMPANY,
THE
BARRY
RAILWAY COMPANY, THE GREAT
"WESTERN
RAILWAY
COMPANY AND THE RHYMNEY RAILWAY COMPANY JOINT RAILWAYS,
THE GREAT
WESTERN
RAILWAY COMPANY AND TAFF VALE RAILWAY
COMPANY JOINT RAILWAY, THE MERSEY RAILWAY COMPANY, THE
PENARTII EXTENSION RAILWAY COMPANY, THE PENARTH
HARBOUR,
DOCK,
AND RAILWAY COMPANY, THE RHONDDA AND SWANSEA BAY
RAILWAY COMPANY, AND THE RHYMNEY 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 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 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 sucli 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 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 canied 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 difference
between the Company and the person liable to pay the charge, be
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