Carriage of Goods Act 1979

Before its repeal, this Act was administered by: Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment

repealed
Carriage of Goods Act 1979: repealed, on 1 September 2017, by section 345(1)(a) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).

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Reprint as at 1 September 2017

Carriage of Goods Act 1979: repealed, on 1 September 2017, by section 345(1)(a) of the Contract and Commercial Law Act 2017 (2017 No 5).

Changes authorised by subpart 2 of Part 2 of the Legislation Act 2012 have been made in this official reprint.

Note 4 at the end of this reprint provides a list of the amendments incorporated.

This Act is administered by the Ministry of Business, Innovation, and Employment.

	Title
1	Short Title and commencement
2	Interpretation
3	Meaning of unit of goods
4	Act to bind Crown
5	Application of Act
6	Other remedies affected
7	Contracting out
8	Kinds of contract of carriage
	Liability of carriers
9	Liability of contracting carrier
10	Liability of actual carrier
11	Rights of contracting party where contracting carrier insolvent or cannot be found
12	Special rules relating to liability of carrier in respect of baggage
13	Contracts of successive carriage by air
14	Carrier not liable in certain circumstances
15	Limitation of amount of carrier’s liability
	Liability of employees
16	Liability of carrier’s employee
	Warranty by contracting parties
17	Contracting party to warrant condition of goods, etc
	Actions against carriers
18	Notice of claim of damage or partial loss to be given within 30 days
19	Limitation of actions
20	Actions by consignee if not contracting party
	Rights of carriers
21	Right to sue for freight
22	Actions for recovery of freight
23	Carrier’s liens
24	Storage and disposal of unclaimed or rejected goods
25	Disposal of perishable goods
26	Disposal of dangerous goods
27	Liability of carrier extinguished
	Miscellaneous provisions
28	Common carrier of goods abolished
29	Proceedings against New Zealand agent of overseas carrier
30	Certain other Acts not affected
31	Amendments and repeals
	Schedule 1 Enactments amended
	Schedule 2 Enactments repealed
	Reprint notes

An Act to restate and reform the law relating to the carriage of goods within New Zealand

New Zealand Legislation