Section 1 Shipping documents etc. to which Act applies.

(1)

This Act applies to the following documents, that is to say—

(a)

any bill of lading;

(b)

any sea waybill; and

(c)

any ship’s delivery order.

(2)

References in this Act to a bill of lading—

(a)

do not include references to a document which is incapable of transfer either by indorsement or, as a bearer bill, by delivery without indorsement; but

(b)

subject to that, do include references to a received for shipment bill of lading.

(3)

References in this Act to a sea waybill are references to any document which is not a bill of lading but—

(a)

is such a receipt for goods as contains or evidences a contract for the carriage of goods by sea; and

(b)

identifies the person to whom delivery of the goods is to be made by the carrier in accordance with that contract.

(4)

References in this Act to a ship’s delivery order are references to any document which is neither a bill of lading nor a sea waybill but contains an undertaking which—

(a)

is given under or for the purposes of a contract for the carriage by sea of the goods to which the document relates, or of goods which include those goods; and

(b)

is an undertaking by the carrier to a person identified in the document to deliver the goods to which the document relates to that person.

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Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: S. 1(5) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (c. 38), ss. 7(2), 8(2)
F2: S. 1(6) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (c. 38), ss. 7(2), 8(2)