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(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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Textual Amendments
F1S. 1(5) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (c. 38), ss. 7(2), 8(2)
F2S. 1(6) omitted (20.9.2023) by virtue of Electronic Trade Documents Act 2023 (c. 38), ss. 7(2), 8(2)
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