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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Other commercial matters - Carriage of goods - Kinds of contract of carriage and effect on liability of parties

254: Contract between contracting carrier and actual carrier or between actual carriers

You could also call this:

“Agreements between different types of carriers when moving your goods”

When someone carries goods for you, they might use other people to help. The person you deal with directly is called a contracting carrier. The people who actually move your goods are called actual carriers.

The contracting carrier can make any kind of agreement with the actual carriers. This agreement can be different from the one the contracting carrier has with you.

There are some rules about contracts for carrying goods. These rules are in sections 250 to 252 of the law. But these rules don’t apply to agreements between the contracting carrier and actual carriers, or between different actual carriers.

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Carriage of goods: Kinds of contract of carriage and effect on liability of parties

254Contract between contracting carrier and actual carrier or between actual carriers

  1. A contract of carriage between a contracting carrier and an actual carrier, or between actual carriers, may be of any kind, regardless of the kind of contract that subsists between the contracting carrier and the contracting party.

  2. Sections 250 to 252 do not apply in respect of any contract between a contracting carrier and an actual carrier or between actual carriers.

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