Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

MERCANTILE LAW ACT 1962 - SECT 19

    (1)     Such a lien shall be for the amount of—

        (a)     all lawful charges of the warehouse person for storage and preservation of the goods; and

        (b)     all lawful claims of the warehouse person for insurance, transportation, labour, weighing, packing, coopering and other expenses in relation to the goods; and

        (c)     where default is made in satisfying the lien charged on the goods under paragraphs (a) and (b)—all reasonable charges of the warehouse person for notice and advertisement of an intended sale of the goods and, if the goods are sold, for the sale of the goods.

    (2)     If the charges mentioned in subsection (1) (c) are incurred in relation to 2 or more items of goods, the charges in relation to any of the items is the amount worked out as follows:

TSC

    (3)     In subsection (2):

"ISP" means the sale price of the item.

"TSC" means total charges for selling all the goods.

"TSP "means the sale price of all the goods.