Carriage of Goods by Sea Regulations 1998 (No. 2)
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
By His Excellency’s Command,
JOHN ANDERSON
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
Page
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
These regulations are the Carriage of Goods by Sea Regulations 1998 (No. 2).
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.
Note
1. Made by the Governor-General on 9 December 1998, and notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 10 December 1998. Administered by the Minister for Transport and Regional Services.