# Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, Article 34


If carriage governed by a single contract is performed by successive road carriers, each of them shall be responsible for the performance of the whole operation, the second carrier and each succeeding carrier becoming a party to the contract of carriage, under the terms of the consignment note, by reason of his acceptance of the goods and the consignment note.

---
Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1965/37/schedule/part/6/crossheading/article-34 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-of-goods-by-road-act-1965/schedule/part-6/crossheading-article-34
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives.