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[Ch. 55.] (v) Loading or unloading, covering or uncovering, merchandise in respect of which no charge is provided;

(vi) The use of coal drops ;

(vii) The provision by the company of accommodation at a waterside wharf and special services rendered thereat by the company in respect of loading or unloading merchandise into or out of vessels or barges where no special charge is prescribed by any Act of Parliament, provided that the charge under this sub-paragraph shall, for the purposes of any disintegration of rate, be deemed to be a dock charge;

(viii) Any accommodation or services provided or rendered by the company within the scope of its undertaking, and in respect of-which no provisions are made by this Schedule.

(2) Any difference arising under this paragraph shall be determined by the rates tribunal at the instance of either party, provided that, where before any service is rendered, a trader has given notice in writing to the company that he does not require it, the service shall not be deemed to be rendered at the trader's request or for his convenience.

(3) Subject to the provisions of this paragraph, any charge hereunder made by a company in accordance with an order of the rates tribunal in force for the time being may be recovered by action in a court of law.

12. The standard rate for conveyance is the rate which the company may charge for the conveyance of merchandise by merchandise train and, subject to the exceptions and provisions specified in this Schedule, includes the provision of locomotive power and trucks by the company and every other expense incidental to such conveyance not otherwise herein provided for.

13. The standard station terminal is the charge which the, company may make to a trader for the use of the accommodation (exclusive of coal drops) provided and for the duties undertaken by the company, for which no provision is made in this Schedule at the terminal station for or in dealing with merchandise as carriers thereof before or after conveyance.

14. The standard service terminals are the charges which the company may make to a trader for the following services when rendered to or for a trader, that is to say, loading,unloading, covering, and uncovering merchandise, which charges shall, in respect of each service, be deemed to include all charges for the provision by the company of labour; machinery, plant, stores and sheets.

15. Where a consignment by merchandise train is over three hundredweight, a fraction of a quarter of a, hundredweight may be charged for as a quarter of a hundredweight. 82