Australian Capital Territory Numbered Acts

ROAD TRANSPORT (MASS, DIMENSIONS AND LOADING) ACT 2009 (NO. 22 OF 2009) - SECT 18

In this Act:

"transport documentation" means—

        (a)     any contractual documentation directly or indirectly associated with—

              (i)     a transaction for the actual or proposed transport of goods or passengers by road, or any previous transport of the goods or passengers by any method; or

              (ii)     goods or passengers themselves as far as the documentation is relevant to their actual or proposed transport; or

        (b)     any associated documentation—

              (i)     contemplated in the contractual documentation; or

              (ii)     required by law, or customarily given, in relation to the contractual documentation or with the transaction.

Note     Transport documentation may be recorded, produced, given, etc in electronic form (see Electronic Transactions Act 2001 ).

Examples—transport documentation

any of the following if it relates to the goods or passengers

              •     an invoice

              •     a vendor declaration

              •     a delivery order

              •     a consignment note

              •     a load manifest

              •     an export receival advice

              •     a bill of lading

              •     a contract of carriage

              •     a sea carriage document

              •     a container weight declaration

Note     An example is part of the Act, is not exhaustive and may extend, but does not limit, the meaning of the provision in which it appears (see Legislation Act, s 126 and s 132).