Railway Charges and Conditions




24 MARCH
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
891

  1. CHARGES FOR MOTOR VEHICLES
    18.1 Scope of charges
    18.2 Width over 2.6 m
    18.3 Tables A and B
    18.4 Table C
    18.5 Tables D,E,F,G and H
    18.6 Livestock on vehicles charged at table A or B
    18.6.1 Utilities
    18.6.2 Trailers

  2. MOTOR CYCLES ACCOMPANYING PASSENGERS
    19.1 Charges
    19.2 Owner’s risk
    19.3 Not on own wheels

PART III: GOODS

  1. TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON ALL SERVICES
    20.1 Liabilities of Corporation
    20.2 Kinds of carriage
    20.3 Liability
    20.3.1 Liability of contracting carrier
    20.3.2 Carrier not liable in certain circumstances
    20.3.3 Limitation of amount of carrier’s liability
    20.4 Unit of goods
    20.5 Warranty as to condition of goods
    20.6 Actions against carriers
    20.7 “Declared value risk” rates
    20.7.1 Declared value over $500
    20.7.2 Declared value under $500
    20.8 Carriage at “owner’s risk” rates
    20.9 Consequential losses
    20.10 Inspection of goods
    20.10.1 Right of Corporation
    20.10.2 Failure to inspect
    20.11 Sale of goods
    20.12 Consignment notes and other documents
    20.12.1 Carriage of Goods Act 1979
    20.12.2 General condition in written contracts
    20.12.3 Special rate of charges for undertakings
    20.13 Acceptance of goods
    20.13.1 Corporation’s option to accept goods
    20.13.2 Packing of goods
    20.13.3 Insecure packing
    20.13.4 Hazardous goods
    20.14 Nature of goods
    20.14.1 Extra charge
    20.14.2 Cost in lieu of charges
    20.14.3 Perishable goods
    20.15 Time of acceptance
    20.15.1 Working hours
    20.15.2 Holidays
    20.16 Delivery
    20.16.1 Delivery not taken
    20.16.2 Responsibility of Corporation
    20.16.3 Wharf sorting
    20.17 Cartage
    20.18 Fractional parts
    20.19 Quotations

  2. CONDITIONS OF CARRIAGE OF GOODS BY RAIL
    21.1 Unmanned stations or sidings
    21.1.1 Acceptance and delivery at private sidings and unattended stations
    21.1.2 Hazardous goods
    21.2 Diversion of wagons in transit
    21.3 Damage to wagons, etc.
    21.4 Wagon supply
    21.5 Alterations to or specially constructed wagons
    21.6 Wagons overloaded or requiring adjustment to load
    21.6.1 Wagons overloaded
    21.6.2 Wagons unsafe
    21.6.3 Timber load adjustment
    21.6.4 Computation
    21.7 Minimum wagon load
    21.7.1 Sole use of wagon
    21.7.2 Minimum weight
    21.7.3 Class G goods
    21.7.4 Minimum weight exemption
    21.7.5 Right to decline to accept
    21.7.6 Workload on Corporation

  3. PARCELS: TERMS AND CONDITIONS ON ALL SERVICES
    22.1 Definition
    22.2 Rates to be prepaid
    22.3 Separate rates for each package
    22.4 Parcels consigned inter-island
    22.5 Computation
    22.6 Hazardous substances
    22.7 Presentation in advance

  4. PARCELS CLASSIFICATION

  5. PARCELS RATES
    24.1 Ordinary parcels rates
    24.2 “Owner’s risk”
    24.3 Definition of rate keys
    24.4 Short distance traffic between adjacent zones
    24.5 Terminal charge
    24.6 Definition of parcels zones
    24.7 Diagram of parcels zones

  6. STORAGE OF PARCELS
    25.1 Charges
    25.2 Disposal

  7. FRESH FRUIT, FRESH VEGETABLES, FRESH MUSHROOMS, AND NUTS
    26.1 Definition of vegetables
    26.2 Definition of grouped weight
    26.3 Charges
    26.3.1 Suitcases
    26.3.2 Adequacy of packaging
    26.3.3 Terminal charge
    26.4 Domestic use of consignee
    26.5 Carriage on passenger service

  8. LIBRARY BOOKS
    27.1 Charges
    27.1.1 Identification of sender
    27.1.2 Declaration
    27.1.3 Contents to be shown
    27.2 Other cases
    27.3 Terminal charge

  9. HOMING PIGEONS
    28.1 Homing pigeons to be liberated
    28.1.1 Sent by ordinary goods trains
    28.1.2 Sent by express goods or passenger trains
    28.2 Certificate
    28.3 Empty boxes, etc.
    28.4 Pigeons not to be liberated
    28.5 Terminal charge

  10. DOGS
    29.1 Charges
    29.1.1 Parcels rates
    29.1.2 Dogs accompanying rail ferry passengers
    29.1.3 Inter-island consignments of dogs
    29.2 Terminal charge
    29.3 Delivery
    29.4 Addressing and advance presentation
    29.5 Confining of dogs
    29.6 Tethering
    29.7 Dogs accompanying passengers
    29.8 Rail accommodation
    29.9 Corporation’s liability

  11. CORPSES
    30.1 Wagon charges
    30.2 Passenger trains
    30.3 Packed casket

  12. NEWSPAPERS, PERIODICALS AND STEREOTYPE CASTS
    31.1 Charges
    31.1.1 Bulk consignments
    31.1.2 Small consignments
    31.1.3 Inter-island
    31.1.4 Single copies
    31.1.5 Press matter
    31.1.6 Declaration
    31.2 Books
    31.3 Liability



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