This legislation has been repealed.
(1) Where, under the
provisions of these regulations, cargo has passed into the custody of the Port
Authority, any receipt given by the Port Authority for that is as far as it
purports to relate to the conditions of the cargo, based upon the outward
appearance of the packages comprising the cargo and does not purport to relate
to the weight or the contents of any package.
(2) Where, during the
progress of discharge of any cargo, the Wharf Manager is in doubt as to the
condition of any package or packages, it or they shall, at his direction, be
placed in a situation apart from other cargo, pending examination, and the
Port Authority tally of and receipt for that package or those packages shall
be read as being that for a doubtful or damaged package, as the circumstances
may require.
(3) Any package or
packages dealt with under the provisions of subregulation (2) shall be opened
and examined by the consignee, in the presence of the Wharf Manager and of the
ship’s agent, as soon as possible after being landed, and the Port
Authority is not responsible for the safe custody or the condition of that
package or those packages or of their contents.
(4) In the event of
the ship, by its agent, refusing to accept a receipt for any cargo given in
terms of this regulation, that cargo shall forthwith be returned on board by
the agent of the ship, and shall not be again landed, until it has been
examined by the consignee, who shall take delivery direct from the ship.