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Maritime Transport Act 1994

Carriage of goods by sea

213: Savings

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"Old rules still apply to some sea transport contracts made before new rules started"

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You have a contract for carrying goods by sea. If you made this contract before a certain date, the old rules still apply to you. This is because of the Sea Carriage of Goods Act 1940 and the Carriage of Goods Act 1979. You are carrying goods between New Zealand and some other islands. The old rules still apply if you made the contract before a certain date. This is because of section 5(5) of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979. The old rules apply if the contract was made before the new rules started. They also apply if the old rules would have been used, but for the new rules. You can find more information about the old rules in the Sea Carriage of Goods Act 1940 and the Carriage of Goods Act 1979, which you can find via links like section 212(1) and section 5(5) of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979.

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Part 16Carriage of goods by sea

213Savings

  1. Notwithstanding section 212(1), the Sea Carriage of Goods Act 1940, as in force immediately before the commencement of that section, shall be deemed to continue to apply to a contract of carriage of goods by sea after that commencement if—

  2. the contract was made before that commencement; and
    1. that Act would have applied but for the operation of section 212(1).

      1. Notwithstanding section 212(2), section 5(5) of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979, as in force immediately before the commencement of that section, shall be deemed to continue to apply to a contract of carriage of goods by sea between any place in New Zealand and any place in the Cook Islands or in Niue or in Tokelau after the commencement if—

      2. the contract was made before that commencement; and
        1. that subsection would have applied but for the operation of section 212(2).

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          • 1940 No 31 s 15