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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Sale of goods - United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

205: Convention to be code

You could also call this:

“The Convention rules replace other laws when selling goods internationally”

The Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods replaces other New Zealand laws about selling goods. This happens when the Convention applies to a contract. The Convention takes over in two situations:

  1. When it covers the same topic as another law.
  2. When the Convention doesn’t specifically allow the other law to be used.

This means that if you’re dealing with a contract that the Convention applies to, you need to follow the Convention’s rules instead of other New Zealand laws about selling goods.

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Part 3 Sale of goods
United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods

205Convention to be code

  1. The provisions of the Convention, in relation to contracts to which the Convention applies, have effect in place of any other law of New Zealand that relates to contracts of sale of goods to the extent—

  2. that the law is concerned with any matter that is governed by the Convention; and
    1. that the application of the law is not expressly permitted by the Convention.

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