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Charges and terms and conditions of carriage of merchandise.
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12.—(1) In this section—
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“charges” include fares, rates or tolls;
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“services” means any of the following—
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(a) the conveyance of passengers and their luggage,
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(b) the receiving, forwarding, carrying and delivering of merchandise,
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(c) any other transport service or facility;
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“the railway classification of merchandise” means the classification of merchandise for the time being in force adopted by the Board for the purposes of the application of rates of charges to be made by the Board for the carriage of merchandise by rail.
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(2) Subject to subsection (3) the Board may fix, demand, take and recover such charges as the Board thinks fit for services provided by it.
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(3) Where the Board proposes to make a general increase in the charges for any services, the following provisions shall have effect:—
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(a) the Board shall give to the Minister one month's notice in advance of its proposal;
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(b) the Board shall not put into force any proposal of which the Minister, within that month, notifies the Board of his disapproval.
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(4) Where the Board agrees with a trader for the carriage of his merchandise at charges which represent a reasonable commutation of the charges otherwise applicable to the merchandise of that trader carried by the Board, the Board may, notwithstanding anything contained in any enactment, make as regards the carrying of the trader's merchandise the charges so agreed.
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(5) (a) The Board shall keep for sale copies of the following:—
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(i) the railway classification of merchandise,
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(ii) scales of charges made, in conjunction with the railway classification of merchandise, by the Board in respect of the carriage of merchandise by rail.
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(b) The Board shall keep for public inspection at its principal office in the State copies of the following:—
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(i) the railway classification of merchandise,
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(ii) scales of charges made, in conjunction with the railway classification of merchandise, by the Board in respect of the carriage of merchandise by rail.
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(c) The Board shall keep for public inspection at each depot owned by it at which merchandise is received for carriage by rail a copy of each of the following:—
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(i) the railway classification of merchandise,
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(ii) scales of charges made, in conjunction with the railway classification of merchandise, by the Board for the carriage of merchandise by rail from that depot.
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(6) The Board may attach to the services afforded by it such terms and conditions as the Board thinks fit.
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