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Powers of charging by light railway companies.
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72.—(1) Where the powers of a light railway company of making any charges are fixed by reference to the powers of charging of another railway company, and the powers of charging of that other railway company have been increased under directions issued by the Minister in pursuance of the powers conferred upon him by the Ministry of Transport Act, 1919, the powers of charging of the light railway company shall until the appointed day be, and shall be deemed to have been, proportionately increased.
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(2) On and after the appointed day, any light railway company whose railway connects (whether by means of a junction or of adjacent sidings) with the railway of an amalgamated company, or of a railway company to which a schedule of standard charges has been applied, shall be entitled to make charges not exceeding those which such company is for the time being authorised to make, with this qualification that for the purpose of the calculation of mileage rates each mile of a light railway shall be treated as if it were one mile and a quarter.
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(3) The provisions of any light railway order conferring powers of charging shall have effect, subject to the provisions of this section.
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(4) Part III. of this Act shall not apply to light railways except so far as it relates—
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(i) to the granting, variation, cancellation, and apportionment of through rates;
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(ii) the conditions of carriage of merchandise ;
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(iii) the determination by the rates tribunal of questions that may be brought before them in respect of the matters mentioned in section twenty-eight of this Act:
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Provided that, where a light railway becomes part of the system of an amalgamated company, Part III. of this Act shall apply thereto.
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(5) As from the appointed day, the powers of the Railway and Canal Commission under section fourteen of the Regulation of Railways Act, 1873, as extended by any other enactment and as applied to light railways, shall be exercisable by the rates tribunal instead of by the Railway and Canal Commission.
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