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Provisions as to existing exceptional rates.
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34.—(1) On and from the appointed day all exceptional rates in operation immediately before the appointed day on the railway of the amalgamated company shall cease to operate, with the exception of such exceptional rates as—
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(a) are not less than five per cent. below the standard rates which would otherwise on and from the appointed day become chargeable; and
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(b) have been continued by agreement in writing between the railway company and the trader concerned, or, failing agreement, have been notified in writing to the secretary of the railway company by the trader with a request that they should be referred to the railway tribunal for determination by them, in which case the rates shall continue until determined by the railway tribunal, and the onus of proving that any such rates should be altered or discontinued shall be upon the railway company;
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so nevertheless that no rate which has not been applied to the charging of merchandise actually forwarded within the two years preceding the 1st day of January, 1926, shall be continued unless the trader can prove to the satisfaction of the railway company, or, failing agreement with the railway company, to the satisfaction of the railway tribunal—
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(i) that its non-application is solely due to abnormal conditions of trade; or
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(ii) that a rate of equal amount to the same destination remains in operation at other stations or sidings in the same group or area:
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Provided that, if the trader and the railway company agree to continue any rate which will be more than forty per cent. below the standard rate chargeable as aforesaid, the rate shall, before the appointed day, be referred to the railway tribunal, and, if so referred, shall continue until the tribunal have determined the matter.
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(2) Any such agreement or determination may provide for the continuance of any exceptional rate for a specified period of time and at the same or any higher figure or charge, not being, in the case of an agreement between the amalgamated company and a trader, less than five per cent. nor more than forty per cent. below the standard rate chargeable.
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