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Terms and conditions of carriage.
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8.—(1) In this section—
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“charges” includes fares, rates or tolls;
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“service” means any of the following—
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(a) the conveyance of passengers and their luggage,
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(b) the receiving, forwarding, carrying and delivering of merchandise,
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(c) any other transport service or facility.
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(2) The Board may fix, demand, take and recover such charges as the Board thinks fit for any service provided by it.
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(3) The Board may attach to any service provided by it such terms and conditions as the Board thinks fit.
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(4) Any carriage of merchandise by rail by the Board which is in accordance with the terms and conditions contained in Statutory Rule and Order No. 13 of 1930 shall be deemed to be carriage of that commodity under terms and conditions which are just and reasonable.
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(5) Unless otherwise specified in writing by the Board, all merchandise carried by the Board by rail shall be deemed to be carried subject to the terms and conditions contained in Statutory Rule and Order No. 13 of 1930.
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(6) The Minister, on the application of the Board, may by order vary (whether by addition, substitution or deletion) the terms and conditions of carriage contained in Statutory Rule and Order No. 13 of 1930, and references in this section (including this subsection) to such terms and conditions shall be construed as references to those terms and conditions as so varied.
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(7) Where an application is made under subsection (6), the Board shall, if the Minister so requires, give notice of the application to the public in such form and manner as the Minister directs.
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(8) Notwithstanding any rule of law or enactment to the contrary, the Board may refuse any particular traffic offered to it.
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