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Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017

Other commercial matters - Bills of lading, sea waybills, and ship’s delivery orders - Rights under shipping documents

316: Rights in relation to ship’s delivery order

You could also call this:

“Your rights when receiving goods from a ship are based on what the delivery order says”

When you get rights under a ship’s delivery order, as mentioned in section 314, there are a few things you should know:

Your rights depend on what the ship’s delivery order says. This means you can only do what the order allows you to do.

Sometimes, the ship’s delivery order might only be for some of the goods that are being shipped. If this happens, your rights only apply to the goods mentioned in the order, not all the goods being shipped.

It’s important to remember that your rights are limited to what the ship’s delivery order says and only for the specific goods it mentions.

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Bills of lading, sea waybills, and ship’s delivery orders: Rights under shipping documents

316Rights in relation to ship’s delivery order

  1. This section applies to the rights vested in a person under section 314 in relation to a ship’s delivery order.

  2. The rights are vested subject to the terms of the ship’s delivery order.

  3. If the goods to which the ship’s delivery order relates are only a part of the goods to which the contract of carriage relates, the rights that are vested are confined to rights in respect of the goods to which the order relates.

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