New South Wales Consolidated Acts

SEA-CARRIAGE DOCUMENTS ACT 1997 - SECT 5

5 Definitions

In this Act:
"bill of lading" means a bill of lading (including a received for shipment bill of lading) which is capable of transfer:

(a) by endorsement, or

(b) as a bearer bill, by delivery without endorsement.

(a) in the case of a bill of lading or a sea waybill-the contract of carriage contained in, or evidenced by, the document, or

(b) in the case of a ship’s delivery order-the contract of carriage in association with which the order is given.

(a) has come into possession of the bill, in good faith, as the consignee of the goods, by virtue of being identified in the bill, or

(b) has come into possession of the bill, in good faith, as a result of the completion, by delivery of the bill:

(i) of any endorsement of the bill, or

(ii) in the case of a bearer bill-of any other transfer of the bill, or

(c) would be the lawful holder of the bill under paragraph (a) or (b) had not the person come into possession of the bill as the result of a transaction effected at a time when possession of the bill no longer gave a right (as against the carrier) to possession of the goods.

(a) is issued by the carrier of the goods, and

(b) is a receipt for the goods, and

(c) contains or evidences a contract for the carriage of the goods by sea, and

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

(a) is given in association with a contract for the carriage of goods by sea including those to which the document relates, and

(b) contains an undertaking by the carrier to deliver the goods to which the document relates to a person identified in the document.