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A.D. 1886.
Alterations in scheme.
Regulations
as to settle. ment of rates.
[36 & 87
Vict. c. 48. s. 29.)
Group rates to be charge- able by rail. way com- panies.
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Bailway and Canal Traffic.
[40 VIOT.]
(9.) Any railway company, and also any person or body of persons who are authorised to make complaint under section nine of this Aot, may at any time submit to the Commissioners alterations in the classification of rates and charges, or the revised schedule of maximum rates and charges authorised by any scheme made pur- suant to this Act; and thereupon the provisions of this section shall in all respects apply to the said alterations as if the same had been a classification and schedule originally submitted under the powers therein contained.
(10.) The Commissioners may, by regulations and orders to be 10 made and issued by them, prescribe in what manner any revised classification of rates or schedule of maximum rates is to be advertised or published before being settled by them, and in what manner and subject to what conditions any objections to any such classification or schedule are to be lodged or determined; and the 15 provisions of section twenty-nine of the principal Act relating to general orders by the Commissioners shall apply to all orders and regulations made under this part of the Act. The Commissioners may also determine by whom and to whom any costs of and in connexion with any application to or hearing by them are to be paid. 20 All costs of and connected with the preparation and making of any Provisional or other Scheme under this part of the Act shall be paid by the railway company, or, in the case of alterations in a classification and schedule, by such persons as the Board of Trade shall direct and a certificate given by the Board of Trade as to 95 the amount of any such costs shall be conclusive.
Group Bates.
20. Notwithstanding any provision contained in any general or special Act, it shall be lawful for any railway company, for the purpose of fixing the rates to be charged for the carriage of goods 80 to and from any place on their railway (herein-after referred to by the expression the "point of destination or departure"), to group together any number of places in the same district, situated at various distances from any point of destination or departure, and to charge a uniform rate or uniform rates of carriage for goods to and 35 from all places comprised in the group from and to any point of destination or departure: Provided always that such group rates shall not be charged, and places shall not be grouped together so as to create an undue or unreasonable preference, or any undue or unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage, in any respect, in favour of 40 or against any person or particular class of persons.
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