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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Other commercial matters - Carriage of goods - Application and effect of subpart

242: This subpart applies to carriage of goods by carrier under contract

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“This part explains when the rules apply to someone moving your stuff”

This part of the law applies when a carrier (someone who transports things) agrees to move goods for you. It doesn’t matter if they carry the goods by land, water, or air, or even if they use more than one way to transport them. The law also applies when the goods are being moved along with passengers. However, there are some exceptions to this rule, which are explained in another part of the law.

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Part 5 Other commercial matters
Carriage of goods: Application and effect of subpart

242This subpart applies to carriage of goods by carrier under contract

  1. This subpart applies to every carriage of goods performed or to be performed by a carrier under a contract.

  2. Subsection (1) applies—

  3. whether the carriage is by land, water, or air (or by more than 1 of those modes); and
    1. whether or not the carriage is incidental to the carriage of passengers.

      1. This section is subject to section 243.

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