Thank you.
This section, as was said by the minister when he appeared, was drafted to allow shippers to challenge ancillary charges that are charged by railways above and beyond the freight rate that railways always charge to the shippers for the movement of the goods. This section was never drafted to allow shippers to challenge the freight rate. For freight rate, the FOA is the appropriate remedy.
The problem is that in the industry, railways and shippers use the word “charge” in various ways. So the government motion is only to clarify that it doesn't alter the scheme. The scheme remains as is. It's only to clarify that this remedy is not intended, was never designed, and is not to apply to the freight rate for the movement of traffic.
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