[Ch. 55.]
Railways Act, 1921
[11 & 12 Geo 5.]
| Act Amended | Nature of Amendment |
| In section ninety-one, for the words "number or quantity of goods conveyed by any such carriage "there shall be substituted the words "full name and address of the consignee and such particulars of the nature, weight (inclusive of packing), and number of parcels or articles of merchandise handed to the company for conveyance as may be necessary to enable the company to calculate the charges therefor." | |
| The following subsection shall be added at the end of section ninety-one "(2) The company shall be entitled to refuse to convey any merchandise delivered to them for conveyance as aforesaid in respect of which the foregoing provisions of this section have not been complied with, or to examine, weigh, or count the same and make such reasonable charge therefor as they think fit:
Provided that the company shall not refuse to convey the parcels or articles of merchandise banded to them for conveyance as aforesaid without giving the person an opportunity of having them weighed or counted upon payment of a reasonable charge." | |
| The Railway and Canal Traffic Act, 1854 (17 & 18 Vict. c. 31) | In Section seven, for the words "for any horse fifty pounds, for any meat cattle per head fifteen pounds, for any sheep or pigs per head two pounds there shall be substituted the words "for any horseone hundred pounds, for neat cattle per head fifty pounds, for any other animal five pounds." |
| The Railways Clauses Act, 1863 (26 & 27 Vict. c. 92), as incorporated in any Act, whether passed before or after the passing of this Act. | Section thirty-one shall be repealed. |
| The Regulation of Railways 1868 (31 & 32 Vict. c. 119). | In section thirty-four after the words "to act as directors "there shall be inserted the words" Provided that it shall not be obligatory on any such company to reprint such book in any year if in their opinion the prescribed corrections can conveniently be made in manuscript." |
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