Railways (Road Motor Services) Act, 1927

Conveyance of mails on road motor services.

6.—(1) The Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893 , shall apply to every road motor service run by a railway company under this Act, and for the purpose of such application the word “tramway” shall in that Act include a road motor service run by a railway company under this Act, and the expression “tramway company” shall in that Act include a railway company which runs a road motor service under this Act.

(2) In addition and without prejudice to the provisions of sub-section (2) of section 2 of the Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893 , as applied by this section every dispute between the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and a railway company which runs a road motor service under this Act in relation to the conveyance of mails on such road motor service (not being a dispute to which the said sub-section (2) applies) shall be referred to and determined by the Railway Tribunal.

(3) Whenever any dispute has arisen between the Minister for Posts and Telegraphs and a railway company which runs a road motor service under this Act in relation to the conveyance of mails on such road service (including a dispute to which sub-section (2) of section of the Conveyance of Mails Act, 1893 , applies), such railway company shall while such dispute is being decided continue to perform the services to which such dispute relates.