SEA-CARRIAGE DOCUMENTS ACT 1996 - SECT 8
Transfer of liabilities
SEA-CARRIAGE DOCUMENTS ACT 1996 - SECT 8
Transfer of liabilities
8 Transfer of liabilities
(1) This section applies to a person if rights in the contract of carriage in
relation to a sea-carriage document are transferred to the person under
section 6and—
(a) before those rights are transferred, the person demands
or takes delivery from the carrier of any of the goods; or
(b) after those
rights are transferred, the person demands or takes delivery from the carrier
of any of the goods; or
(c) the person makes a claim under the contract
against the carrier in relation to any of the goods.
(2) A person to whom
this section applies is subject to the liabilities under the contract as if
the person had been an original party to the contract.
(3) A person to whom
subsection (1) (a) applies becomes subject to the liabilities under the
contract under subsection (2) at the time the rights in the contract are
transferred to the person.
(4) In this section—
"contract of carriage" , for a person who becomes subject to a liability under
the contract because of this section, means the contract of carriage as varied
by any variation of which the person has notice at the time of becoming
subject to the liability.