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RAILWAY REGULATION ACT 1893
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CHAPTER XXIX.
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An Act to amend the Law with respect to the Hours of Labour of Railway Servants.[2]
[27th July 1893.]
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Schedule of hours of labour of railway servants.
51 & 52 Vict. c. 25.
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1.—(1) If it is represented to the Board of Trade, by or on behalf of the servants, or any class of the servants, of a railway company, that the hours of labour of those servants, or of that class, or, in any special case, of any particular servants engaged in working the traffic, on any part of the lines of the company, are excessive, or do not provide sufficient intervals of uninterrupted rest between the periods of duty, or sufficient relief in respect of Sunday duty, the Board of Trade shall inquire into the representation.
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(2) If it appears to the Board of Trade, either on such representation or otherwise, that there is, in the case of any railway company, reasonable ground of complaint with respect to any of the matters aforesaid, the Board of Trade shall order the company to submit to them within a period specified by the Board such a schedule of time for the duty of the servants, or of any class of the servants, of the company, as will in the opinion of the Board bring the actual hours of work within reasonable limits, regard being had to all the circumstances of the traffic and to the nature of the work.
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(3) If a railway company fail to comply with any such order, or to enforce the provisions of any schedule submitted to the Board in pursuance of any such order and approved by the Board, the Board may refer the matter to the Railway and Canal Commission, and thereupon the Railway and Canal Commission shall have jurisdiction in the matter, and the Board may appear in support of the reference and the Commissioners may make an order requiring the railway company to submit to the Commission, within a period specified by the Commission, such a schedule as will, in the opinion of the Commission, bring the actual hours of work within reasonable limits.
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(4) If a railway company fail to comply with any order made by the Railway and Canal Commission in pursuance of this section, or to enforce the provisions of any schedule submitted to the Railway and Canal Commission in pursuance of any such order, and approved by that Commission, the company shall be liable to a fine not exceeding one hundred pounds for every day during which the default continues.
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(5) The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1888, shall apply in the case of any jurisdiction exercised or order made by the Railway and Canal Commission under this Act as if it were exercised or made under or for the purposes of that Act: Provided that notwithstanding anything in section five of that Act the jurisdiction of the Commission for the purposes of this Act may be exercised by the two appointed Commissioners.
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(6) The Board of Trade and the Railway and Canal Commission respectively may from time to time rescind or vary any order made by them under this section, and make such supplemental orders as the circumstances of the case may appear to require.
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(7) This Act shall not apply to any servant of a railway company who is in the opinion of the Board of Trade wholly employed either in clerical work or in the company’s workshops.
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Annual report to Parliament.
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2. A report of all proceedings under this Act shall be made annually to Parliament by the Board of Trade.
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Short title.
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3. This Act may be cited as the Railway Regulation Act, 1893, and shall be read with the Railway Regulation Acts, 1840 to 1889.
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[2 Short title, “The Railway Regulation Act, 1893.” See s. 3.] |
