RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC ACT 1888 - SECT 55 Definitions.

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RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC ACT 1888 - SECT 55

Definitions.

55. In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires,

Terms defined by the Regulation of Railways Act, 1873, have the meanings
thereby assigned to them:

The term "conservancy authority" means any persons who are otherwise than for
private profit intrusted with the duty or invested with the power of
conserving, maintaining, or improving the navigation of any tidal or inland
water or navigation:

The term "harbour board" means any persons who are otherwise than for private
profit intrusted with the duty or invested with the power of constructing,
improving, managing, regulating, and maintaining a harbour, whether natural or
artificial, or any dock:

Definition rep. by SLR 1908

The term "undue preference" includes an undue preference, or an undue or
unreasonable prejudice or disadvantage, in any respect, in favour of or
against any person or particular class of persons or any particular
description of traffic:

The term "terminal charges" includes charges in respect of stations, sidings,
wharves, depo8ts, warehouses, cranes, and other similar matters, and of any
services rendered thereat:

The term "merchandise" includes goods, cattle, live stock, and animals of all
descriptions:

The term "trader" includes any person sending, receiving, or desiring to send
merchandise by railway or canal:

The term "home", in relation to merchandise, includes the United Kingdom, the
Channel Islands, and the Isle of Man:

The term "rating appeal" means an appeal against any valuation list or against
any poor rate or any other local rate:

Definition rep. by SLR 1908

The term "superior court" means,... as regards Ireland, the High Court:

The term "superior court of appeal" means,... as regards Ireland, Her
Majesty's Court of Appeal.

In the application of this Act to Ireland, the expression "council of a
borough" includes town or township commissioners;... and any reference to the
Local Government Board or to an urban or rural sanitary authority, shall be
construed to refer to the Local Government Board for Ireland, and to an urban
or rural sanitary authority in Ireland.

Ss.5659 and Schedule rep. by SLR 1908

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RAILWAY AND CANAL TRAFFIC ACT 1888 - SECT 55