New Zealand Acts

MARITIME TRANSPORT ACT 1994 - SECT 210

210 Jurisdiction of New Zealand courts

1 An agreement, whether made in New Zealand or elsewhere, has no effect to the extent that it purports to—

a) preclude or limit the jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand in respect of—

i) a bill of lading or a similar document of title, relating to the carriage of goods from any place in New Zealand to any place outside New Zealand; or

ii) a non-negotiable document of a kind mentioned in section 209(2) relating to such a carriage of goods; or

b) preclude or limit the jurisdiction of the courts of New Zealand in respect of—

i) a bill of lading, or a similar document of title, relating to the carriage of goods from any place outside New Zealand to any place in New Zealand; or

ii) a non-negotiable document of a kind mentioned in section 209(2) relating to such a carriage of goods.

2 Nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting or affecting any stipulation or agreement to submit any dispute to arbitration in New Zealand or any other country.

Note: 1940 No 31 s 11A ; 1968 No 17 s 3 ; 1985 No 97 s 2 ; Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1971 s 2 (UK); Carriage of Goods by Sea Act 1991 s 11 (Aust)