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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Other commercial matters - Carriage of goods - Liability of contracting carriers

255: Application of sections 256 to 258

You could also call this:

“Rules for different types of shipping contracts”

Sections 256 to 258 apply to two types of carriage contracts: those at limited carrier’s risk and those at declared value risk. These sections explain what happens in these situations.

For contracts where the owner takes on the risk or where the terms are declared, things work a bit differently. In these cases, section 256 doesn’t apply at all. Sections 257 and 258 still apply, but they might be changed by any specific terms that are written in the contract. If you want to know more about this, you can look at section 245.

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Carriage of goods: Liability of contracting carriers

255Application of sections 256 to 258

  1. Sections 256 to 258 apply to contracts for carriage at limited carrier's risk and to contracts for carriage at declared value risk.

  2. In relation to contracts for carriage at owner’s risk or to contracts for carriage on declared terms,—

  3. section 256 does not apply; and
    1. sections 257 and 258 apply subject to any express terms in the contract (see section 245).

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