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THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
No. 77
Passenger 12/13.1

12. EXCESS BAGGAGE

12.1 Liability for excess baggage
Excess baggage shall be charged at the rates set out hereunder computed on the distance as provided in the Corporation’s published distance tables for the North and South Islands between the points of travel covered by the ticket(s) held. In the case of inter-island travel each island will be charged for separately. Excess baggage charges shall be payable in respect of the following:

12.1.1 Articles not entitled to be carried free: Articles which are not entitled to be carried free as a portion of a passenger’s baggage allowance (refer to clause 10.3).

12.1.2 Excess articles: All articles in excess of the number entitled to be checked free in accordance with the fares paid (refer to clause 10.2).

12.2 Presentation in advance of departure
Baggage on which excess charges are payable must be presented at the station at least 30 minutes before the due time of departure of the service by which it is to be forwarded.

12.3 Charges to be prepaid
All charges payable on excess baggage must be prepaid and the person presenting such baggage must obtain an excess baggage ticket as a receipt for the charges paid, such ticket to be given up when the baggage is claimed. Passengers who fail to produce excess tickets for baggage on which excess charges are payable may be required to pay such charges before the baggage is delivered.

12.4 Payments to guard
In the case of baggage on which excess charges are payable being forwarded from a station where no provision is made for the exceeding of such baggage, the excess charge must be paid to the guard who will issue a ticket for the amount received.

12.5 Excess baggage receipt
An excess baggage ticket is only a receipt for charges paid.

12.6 Bicycles, power cycles, motor cycles and dogs
Bicycles, power cycles, motor cycles or dogs (tethered or in boxes) accompanying passengers by rail, or road services will not be accepted as excess baggage and must be consigned at “owner’s risk” as parcels traffic except that guide dogs may accompany blind passengers at no additional charge (refer to clause 2.10.3).

12.6.1 Bicycles on rail ferries: Bicycles, accompanying passengers, presented at the wharf terminal, Wellington or Picton, and ridden or wheeled on and off the vessel by passengers shall be conveyed at “owners risk” (bicycles not ridden or wheeled on to the vessel by passengers must be consigned as parcels traffic).

12.6.2 Power and motor cycles on rail ferries: Power and motor cycles accompanying passengers on the rail ferries shall be charged as vehicles as provided in clause 19.1.

12.6.3 Dogs on rail ferries: The charge for dogs accompanying passengers and led on and off the vessel by the passengers shall be as provided in clause 12.7.2 except that dogs may be left in the owner’s vehicle at no charge as provided in clause 16.6.

12.7 Rates

12.7.1 Rail: Excess baggage on rail passenger services shall be charged at the following rates:

12.7.2 Rail ferry: Excess baggage on the Cook Strait rail ferry services shall be charged at the following rates at “owners risk”:

13. LOST BAGGAGE

13.1 Storage charges
Baggage or other packages or articles, left in a Corporation service or left unclaimed on Corporation premises, shall be treated as lost baggage and charged storage at the following rates:

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