If the weight or quantity of such goods be greater than that shown by the manifest, bill of lading, account, or statement delivered by the master of the vessel or by the owner of the goods, the expences of such weighing or measuring shall be paid to the undertakers, and shall be recoverable by the same means as are herein or in the special Act provided for the recovery of rates; but if the weight or quantity of such goods be the same or less than that shown by the manifest, bill of lading, account, or statement so delivered, the undertakers shall pay all the expences of such weighing or measuring, and shall also pay to the master of the vessel or the owner of the goods all the expences occasioned by such weighing or measuring, or by the detention of the vessel for that purpose.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Ss. 34-46, 48 extended by Transport Act 1962 (c. 46), Sch. 9 para. 6(2)
C2Ss. 27-32, 34-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(22. 1. 1991) by S.I. 1991/106, art. 8(3).
C3Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(22. 1. 1991) by S.I. 1991/107, art. 8(3).
C4Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(8. 2. 1991) by S.I. 1991/237, art. 8(3).
C5Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(23. 5. 1991) by S.I. 1991/1257, art. 8(3).
C6Ss. 27-48 applied (with modifications)(E.W.S.)(23. 5. 1991) by S.I. 1991/1258, art. 8(3).
Ss. 27-41 applied (20.5.1998) by S.I. 1998/1209, art. 7(4)
Ss. 27-41 applied (with modifications) (1.7.1994) by S.I. 1994/1647, art. 16(4)