New Zealand Gazette – 1982 – No. 77

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✨ Railway Regulations for Carriage of Goods



12 JULY
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
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Goods 34.3/35.3

34.3 Motor cycles not accompanying passengers
Motor cycles unaccompanied by passengers must be consigned as goods traffic.

34.4 Preparation for transit
Motor cycles, when charged with petrol or any inflammable liquid, shall not be accepted for carriage. In addition, the battery leads must be disconnected from the battery and tied back in such a manner that they cannot touch the battery terminals while in transit.

34.5 Left motor cycles
The Corporation shall not be responsible for any motor cycle found about the premises of the Corporation and not delivered into its custody. Such motor cycles shall be treated as lost baggage, and charged for as provided in clause 13.

34.6 Storage
Motor cycles not claimed immediately after arrival at the destination station shall be allowed free storage on the day of arrival; but after that time they shall be charged for storage at the rate of $1.50 per day or part thereof per motor cycle.

  1. METHOD OF CHARGING FOR GOODS
    35.1 Charges according to classification
    Except as provided in local rates and other special arrangements made by the Corporation, goods shall be charged for carriage by rail in accordance with the alphabetic commodity classification in clause 73.

35.1.1 Use of classification
Goods for which a class is shown shall be charged at the rate for that class as prescribed in clause 36; and goods for which no class is shown shall be charged according to the rates and conditions prescribed in the clause specified.

35.1.2 Plastic and perspex
With the exception of used empty containers, articles already classified in clause 73 which are manufactured from plastic or perspex shall be charged in accordance with the classification applicable to plastic or perspex.

35.2 “Owner’s risk” and dangerous goods
The following goods shall be received, held, carried, delivered or otherwise dealt with at the sole risk in every respect of the owner unless a request is made that such goods be received, held, carried, delivered or otherwise dealt with at the risk of the Corporation under and subject to the provisions of clause 20:

All goods described in the following classification or elsewhere in this General Scale of Charges as being at “owner’s risk” or “dangerous”;

All goods other than those classified in clause 73 as classes A, B, C, D or E plus a prescribed increase and G.

35.3 Dangerous goods
The word “dangerous” used in relation to goods denotes that the goods will be carried under the regulations applicable to explosives and dangerous goods.

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Carriage of goods, Motor cycles, Preparation for transit, Storage, Charges, Classification, Owner's risk, Dangerous goods