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Publication of railway classification of merchandise, etc. by the Company.
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103.—(1) Printed copies of the railway classification of merchandise applicable to the Company, the schedules of maximum charges for the carriage of merchandise by rail applicable to the Company and (when settled by the Minister) the schedule of maximum charges for the carriage of merchandise by road applicable to the Company shall be kept for sale by the Company at such places and at such prices as the Minister may direct.
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(2) The Company shall keep for public inspection, at each depôt owned by it at which it receives merchandise for carriage either by rail or by road, a copy of the railway classification of merchandise applicable to the Company and a book or books stating—
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(a) the chargeable distance by rail, by road, or by rail and road from that depôt to every place to which the Company books,
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(b) the schedules of the maximum charges for the carriage of merchandise by rail applicable to the Company,
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(c) when made, the schedule of the maximum charges for the carriage of merchandise by road applicable to the Company,
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(d) the actual charges for the time being in force for the carriage of merchandise from that depôt by rail, by road or by rail and road,
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(e) any charges in force for the collection and delivery of merchandise at that depôt.
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(3) The Company shall keep at its principal office for public inspection a book or books stating the chargeable distance by rail, by road or by rail and road and the actual charges for the time being in force for the carriage of merchandise by rail, by road or by rail and road from each depôt owned by it at which merchandise is received for carriage either by rail or road.
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(4) The copy of the railway classification of merchandise applicable to the Company and the book or books required to be kept by subsections (2) and (3) of this section shall, during all reasonable hours, be open to inspection by any person without the payment of any fee.
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(5) If the Company fails to comply with any of the provisions of this section, the Company shall be guilty of an offence under this section and shall be liable on summary conviction thereof to a fine not exceeding five pounds and, in the case of a continuing offence, a further fine not exceeding five pounds for each day on which the offence is continued.
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