Northern Territory Consolidated Regulations

PORT BY-LAWS - SECT 65

(1) Subject to clause (2), after a consignment of goods has been unloaded from a vessel on to a wharf, either directly or by means of a lighter, the owner of the vessel shall -

(a) within 24 hours after the completion of the unloading of that consignment, inform the consignee -

(i) of the fact that the goods have been unloaded; and

(ii) of the location of the goods on the wharf; and

(b) forthwith after so informing the consignee make an entry, in the cargo location book kept under these By-laws, of the time when the consignee was so informed.

(2) The owner of a vessel need not comply with the provisions of clause (1) if the name of the consignee -

(a) is not known to him;

(b) cannot be ascertained from any documents in the possession of the owner.