1020

THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE

NO. 40

GOODS

2. Charges—The charges shown in paragraph 1 hereof will be varied as follows when motor vehicles are loaded as shown:

Two or more motor vehicles in one consignment loaded together in one four-wheeled wagon (for the purpose of this provision a bogie wagon will be treated as two four-wheeled wagons)

Full rate for first vehicle; half rate for each additional vehicle.

Where an Mc wagon ordered is not available and a bogie wagon is used at consignor’s request

Charge as for the bogie wagon used.

One vehicle loaded on an R or U wagon owing to its length

Rate and a half.

One vehicle loaded on an RB or UB wagon owing to its length

Double rate.

Two motor vehicles (either or both of which is too long to be loaded on a four-wheeled wagon) consigned from one station loaded together on a bogie wagon to the same destination station

Ordinary rate for each.

• These provisions will not apply to motor vehicles when charged at the local rates provided in the Local Rates Scale of Charges.

Loading and Sheeting—3. The Department may require loading, unloading, roping, and covering of motor vehicles to be performed by the owner. When cranage is performed by the Department cranage charges as per regulation 100 (without the additional charge specified for loading or unloading) will apply.

4. Where the Department’s tarpaulins are supplied for motor vehicles, charges as per regulation 98 will apply.

5. Conditions—Motor vehicles charged with petrol or other motor spirit may be accepted for conveyance by rail only if the petrol connections are tight and the petrol is cut off between the supply tank and the carburettor. The Department may decline to convey any such vehicle unless all the petrol is removed therefrom. Motor vehicles which are not fitted with pumps or “cut-off” cocks between the tank and the carburettor will not be accepted for conveyance unless all motor spirit has been removed from the tank.

6. Liability—(a) Motor vehicles conveyed under the provisions of this regulation are carried at owner’s risk, and the provisions of regulation 110 shall apply thereto and to any equipment recognised as the ordinary equipment of a motor vehicle, including such articles as spare parts, wheels, tires, tools, and the cushions, attached to or contained in a motor vehicle received for carriage. When request is made for carriage at railway risk, particulars of such equipment must be set out on the consignment note, and such equipment and other readily detachable accessories must be locked in the vehicle or packed in a separate package.

(b) The detachable parts and equipment of a motor vehicle, when packed in a separate package, will be carried free of charge in a separate wagon.

84. Two-wheeled Carriages, Carts, Drays, and Wagons

85. Vehicles which can be loaded in a four-wheeled wagon will be charged at the following rate per vehicle:

Carts, drays, and wagons exceeding 1 ton in weight will be charged rate and a half.

2. When two or more vehicles, either set up or in pieces, consigned from one consignor to one consignee, are loaded together in one four-wheeled wagon, they will be charged full rates for the first vehicle and half rates for each additional vehicle. The highest rated vehicle will, for the purpose of this paragraph, be treated as the first vehicle.

3. A bogie wagon will, for the purpose of charging, be treated as two four-wheeled wagons.