Railway and Canal Traffic Act 1888 (c. 25) xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"
Introductory Text
1.Short title and construction
PART I COURT AND PROCEDURE OF RAILWAY AND CANAL COMMISSIONERS
Establishment of Railway and Canal Commission
2.Establishment of new Railway and Canal Commission
3.Appointment and tenure of office of appointed Commissioners
4.Appointment and attendance of ex officio Commissioners
5.Sittings of Commissioners
6.Appointment of additional judge
7.Provision for complaints by public authority in certain cases
Jurisdiction
8.Jurisdiction of Railway Commissioners transferred to the Commission
9.Jurisdiction of Commissioners under special Acts
10.Jurisdiction over tolls and rates
11.Jurisdiction to order traffic facilities, notwithstanding agreements
12.Power to award damages
13.No damages where rates published under certain conditions
14.Orders on two or more companies
15.Amendment of 36 & 37 Vict. c.48 s.8 as to references to arbitration under special Act
16.Power to apportion expenses between railway company and applicants for works
Appeals
17.Appeals on certain questions to superior court of appeal
Supplemental
18.General powers and enforcement of orders
19.Costs
20.Power to make rules
21.Appointment of officers, clerks, &c
22.Salaries, expenses, &c
23.Company to which this part of this Act applies
PART II TRAFFIC
24.Revised classification of traffic and schedule of rates
25.Provisions as to through traffic
26.Powers of Commissioners as to through rates
27.Undue preference in case of unequal tolls, rates, and charges, and unequal services performed
28.Extension of enactments as to undue preference to goods carried by sea
29.Group rates to be chargeable by railway companies
30.Power to dock companies and harbour boards to complain of undue preference
31.Complaints to Board of Trade of unreasonable charges by railway companies
32.Annual returns by railway companies to contain such statistics as the Board of Trade shall require
33.Classification table to be open for inspection. Copies to be sold
34.Place of publication of rates in respect of traffic at places other than stations
35.Power to make rules for purposes of this part of this Act
PART III CANALS
36.Part II to extend to canal companies
37.Application of 36 & 37 Vict. c.48 to canals
38.Powers of Commissioners over canal tolls, rates, and charges where a railway company or its officers own or control the traffic of a canal
39.Returns by canal companies
40.Byelaws of canal companies
41.Inspection of canals
42.Misapplication of a railway company's funds for acquisition of unauthorised interest in canal
43.Canal companies may agree for through tolls, &c
44.Canal companies may establish clearing system
45.Abandonment of canal
46.Definition of "canal company"
PART IV MISCELLANEOUS
47.Perpetuation of 36 & 37 Vict. c.48
48.Evidence on rating appeals
49.Recovery and application of penalties
50.Parties may appear in person or by counsel, &c
51.Parliamentary agents entitled to practise before Commissioners
52.Saving of powers conferred on Commissioners and Board of Trade
53.Proceedings of Board of Trade
54.Expenses of local authorities
55.Definitions
56.Commencement of Act
57.Pending business
58.Transfer of pending business from superior courts
59.Repeal and savings
SCHEDULE
Acts repealed