# Merchant Shipping Act 1979, Paragraph 1

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(a) “carrier” means a person by or on behalf of whom a contract of carriage has been concluded, whether the carriage is actually performed by him or by a performing carrier;
(b) “performing carrier” means a person other than the carrier, being the owner, charterer or operator of a ship, who actually performs the whole or a part of the carriage;

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/39/schedule/3/paragraph/1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/merchant-shipping-act-1979/schedule-3/paragraph-1
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