Carriage of Goods by Sea Regulations 1998 (No. 2) (Cth)

Carriage of Goods by Sea Regulations 1998 (No. 2)

Statutory Rules 1998 No. 324

I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following regulations under the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991. Dated 9 December 1998.

WILLIAM DEANE Governor-General By His Excellency's Command,

JOHN ANDERSON Minister for Transport and Regional Services

Carriage of Goods by Sea Regulations 1998 (No. 2)

Statutory Rules 1998 No. 3241

made under the

Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991

Contents

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1 Name of regulations 2 2 Commencement 2 3 Amendment of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 2

Schedule 1 Amendment of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 3

1 Name of regulations

These regulations are the Carriage of Goods by Sea Regulations 1998 (No. 2).

2 Commencement

These regulations commence on gazettal.

3 Amendment of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991

Schedule 1 amends the Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991.

Schedule 1 Amendment of Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991

(regulation 3)

[1] Paragraph 11 (1) (a)

substitute (a) a sea carriage document relating to the carriage of goods from any place in Australia to any place outside Australia; or

[2] Subparagraph 11 (2) (c) (i)

substitute (i) a sea carriage document relating to the carriage of goods from any place outside Australia to any place in Australia; or

[3] Schedule 1A, the amended Hague Rules, Article 1, paragraph 1 (e)

omit

the period during which a carrier is in charge of the goods, according to paragraph 2

substitute

the period during which a carrier is in charge of the goods, according to paragraph 3

[4] Schedule 1A, the amended Hague Rules, Article 3, item 7

substitute

7. After the goods are loaded the sea-carriage document bill of lading to be issued by the carrier, master, or agent of the carrier, to the shipper shall, if the shipper so demands, be a "shipped" negotiable sea carriage documentbill of lading, provided that if the shipper shall have previously taken up any sea carriage document for document of title to such goods, he shall surrender the same as against the issue of the "shipped" negotiable sea carriage documentbill of lading, but at the option of the carrier a negotiable sea carriage document such document of title may be noted at the port of shipment by the carrier, master, or agent with the name or names of the ship or ships upon which the goods have been shipped and the date or dates of shipment, and when so noted, if it shows the particulars mentioned in paragraph 3 of Article 3, shall for the purpose of this article be deemed to constitute a "shipped" negotiable sea carriage documentbill of lading.