
The Customer’s attention is drawn to these conditions which exclude or limit the Company’s liability and may require the Customer to indemnify the Company in certain circumstances.
All business undertaken by the Company is subject to these terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of any Transport Document issued by the Company or a Carrier for Services
supplied to the Customer. In the event of any inconsistency between these terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of a Transport Document these terms and conditions are
paramount. Use of the Services constitutes an acceptance of these conditions by the Customer.
1. Definitions
“Carrier” means the actual carrier engaged to carry the Goods and includes warehousemen.
“Company” means MOVE Logistics Limited, their servants, agents and subcontractors and includes any or all companies related to any subsidiary of the foregoing.
“Customer” means the person acquiring Services from the Company and includes the shipper, consignee, receiver, owner or bailor of the Goods.
“Goods” means the whole or any part of the chattels, articles and things tendered under this agreement by the Customer and includes the Container of the Goods.
“Container” means any container, trailer, transportable tank, flat, pallet or other packaging or article used to carry, consolidate, store or package the Goods.
“Dangerous Goods” means Goods which are in fact or at law noxious, dangerous, hazardous, explosive, radioactive, flammable or capable by their nature of causing damage or injury to their
Container, other Goods or to any persons, or animals, or property.
“Services” means all services supplied by the Company to the Customer (whether gratuitously or not) and includes but is not limited to any advice or information, carriage, storage, lifting,
packing, warehousing, handling, installation, removal, assembly, erection or insurance of the Goods, and arranging provision of these Services by a third party.
“Transport Document” means any house or Carrier air waybill, bill of lading, warehouse receipt, consignment note or other document issued by the Company or a third party providing Services
in respect of the Goods.
“Person” includes corporation or firm.
“HACCP” means any Hazardous Analysis Critical Control Plan developed by MLL, and approved by customer
2. Variation of Contract
The Company shall not be bound by any agreement purporting to vary these terms and conditions unless the agreement is in writing and signed on behalf of the Company by one of its
Directors.
3. Storage, Inventory Management & Delivery
Records and reports
MLL must keep the following records in relation to the Services:
a) verification by MLL of the quantity of Goods received at each Site;
b) verification by MLL of goods received and despatched from each Site;
c) inventory levels and adjustments for each Site;
d) any other documentary proof of storage as requested from time to time
each must maintain these for a period of 2 years from the date of storage of each consignment.
4. Dangerous Goods
(1) The Customer shall not tender any Dangerous Goods for Carriage or storage without presenting to the Company a full description thereof and giving such notice of intention to ship or bail
Dangerous Goods and comply with any applicable laws, regulations or requirements. If any Goods are in the opinion of the Company liable to become of a dangerous, flammable or damaging
nature, they may at any time be destroyed, disposed of, abandoned or rendered harmless without compensation to the Customer and without prejudice to the Company’s right to freight and
charges.
(2) Whether or not the Customer was aware of the nature of the Goods the Customer shall indemnify the Company against all claims, losses, damages or expenses arising in consequence of
any breach of the provisions of this clause.
5 .Risk
(1) Acceptance of Goods
MLL agrees that by accepting the Goods for storage, it acknowledges that the Goods are stored in accordance with:
a) any directions notified to MLL in writing; and
b) all relevant New Zealand ordinances, requirements, laws, by-laws and regulations applicable to the Goods or MLL, together the “Storage Conditions” and MLL
must maintain the Goods in accordance with the Storage Conditions.
(2) Risk in the Goods during Storage
All risk of loss or destruction of or damage to a consignment of the Goods passes to MLL on MLL picking up the Goods or receiving delivery of the Goods for storage and remains with MLL until
pick-up of the Goods from MLL or MLL delivering the Goods to customer or the party nominated by customer. Provided that MLL shall not be liable under this clause:
a) for any loss or damage caused by the natural shrinkage or moisture content of any goods or materials; and
b) in respect of any goods stored in any refrigerated or cold storage warehouse for any loss or damage emanating from loss of power from outside sources
(3) Risk in the Goods during Carriage
Customer and MLL shall agree, in respect of each "carriage" of Goods by MLL in terms of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979, that goods are carried “at limited carrier’s risk” unless stated
otherwise. If the consignment note is silent, the carriage will be "at limited carrier's risk".
6. Methods and Route of Transportation
(1) Pending forwarding and delivery the Goods may be warehoused or otherwise held at any place at the sole discretion of the Company at the Customer’s risk and expense.
(2) The Company may at any time and without notice to the Customer.
(a) use any means of transport or storage whatsoever;
(b) transfer the Goods from one conveyance to another including transhipment;
(c) unpack and remove Goods which have been stowed into a container and forward the same in a container or otherwise;
(d) proceed by any route in its discretion;
(e) load or unload the Goods at any place and store the Goods at any such place;
(f) comply with any orders or recommendations given by any government or authority or any person or body acting or purporting to act as or on behalf of such government or authority.
7. Declaration of value
The Company will not declare the value of the Goods in a Transport Document unless instructed to do so in writing by the Customer.
8. Rates and Charges Review
The Rates and Charges shall be reviewed annually at 31 June each year, or on the anniversary of any agreement. MLL must provide written notice of any change to the Rates and Charges, the
date for implementation of such change and details of the change. Fuel costs are reviewed monthly and rates adjusted accordingly
9. Lien
(1) All Goods and documents relating to Goods shall be subject to a particular and general lien for moneys due in respect of such Goods or any other moneys due from the Customer to the
Company. If any moneys due to the Company are not paid within 30 days after notice has been given to the person from whom moneys are due that the Goods have been detained, they may
be sold at the discretion of the Company and at the expense of such person and the proceeds applied on account of such general or particular lien.
(2) Notwithstanding any transfer of physical possession, the Goods are not released until all moneys owing have been paid to the Company. In the event of any Goods for any reason being
delivered to the owner or his nominee without payment having been made in full, the Company retains a lien on such goods and may retake possession of them pending payment and may
enter any premises for that purpose.
10. Insurance
The Company will arrange insurance as a Service only if it receives written instructions from the Customer. The Company acts only as the agent of the Customer and does not act as nor offers
advice as an insurance broker or intermediary. Any insurance arranged by the Company is subject to the exceptions and conditions of the policy. The Company is under no obligation to effect a
separate insurance for the Goods but may declare them on any open or general policy. The Company accepts no liability for any insurance arrangements and the Customer agrees to indemnify
the Company for any loss or damage it may suffer in relation to or arising out of the insurance of the Goods.
11. Claims Handling
The Customer agrees that the Company is not obliged to advise or assist the Customer or any other party to prepare or make a claim against a Carrier and accepts no liability for any loss or
damage however caused. The Company may agree in writing to provide advice or assistance and may make an additional charge for doing so.
12. Warranties
The Customer expressly warrants that it is the owner or the authorised agent of the owner of the Goods and enters into this contract on its own behalf and also as agent for the owner of the
Goods and indemnifies the Company against all claims by any other person for any loss or damage whatsoever arising out of or incidental to or in connection with the Services and provided by
the Company.
13. Payment
(1) Issue of Invoices
Unless otherwise agreed, MLL will issue an Invoice weekly for Services. Each Invoice must include any relevant consignment note or details thereof, disclose the amount of GST and must be
accompanied by the storage records
(2) Payment
Invoices must be paid with adjustment for any credits, within seven days of receipt of the invoice.
14. Indemnity
(1) The Customer indemnifies the Company from all claims for loss or damage, sales tax, costs, fines or penalties which the Company becomes liable to pay for any reason whatsoever in
respect of the Goods whether or not such liability is due to the negligence or wilful default of the Company.
(2) The Customer warrants that all information provided by it to the Company in connection with the Goods is accurate and adequate and the Customer agrees to indemnify the Company
against all loss, damage, fees and expenses arising or resulting from any inaccuracies or inadequacy in that information.
15. Limit to Liability
To the extent permitted by law, in no event will MLL be liable for loss of general profit, loss of revenue, loss of contract or other economic loss, or for any indirect, special, consequential, or
other similar loss or damages, arising out of any breach by MLL or its officers, employees, agents, or contractors of this Agreement or obligations under this Agreement or out of negligence by
MLL, or its officers, employees, agents or contractors.
16. Consumer Guarantees
If the Customer has acknowledged in writing that the supply of services is for the Customer’s business purposes (as that term is defined in the Consumer Guarantees Act 1993) or if the
Customer has actually acquired the services for such purposes, then the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act shall not apply to the transaction unless expressly stated on the front of
this form. Otherwise nothing in these terms and conditions shall affect or diminish the rights of any Customer under the Consumer Guarantees Act. In the event of conflict between these
terms and conditions and the Consumer Guarantees Act then the provisions of the Consumer Guarantees Act shall prevail and any such conflict shall be deemed not to be an attempt to
contract out of the Consumer Guarantees Act.
17. Sub-Contracting and Indemnity
(1) The Company shall be entitled to sub-contract on any terms the whole or part of the Services.
(2) Any person providing the Services (other than the Company) shall have the benefit of these provisions as if they were expressly for his benefit: and in entering into this agreement, the
Company does so as agent and trustee for such person.
(3) If the Company sub-contracts the whole or part of the Services to another person, the Services provided by the Company are also subject to the terms and conditions of the contract
between the Company and that other person and the Company shall have the benefit of all provisions benefiting that other person as if those provisions were expressly for the benefit of the
Company. In the event of and to the extent of any inconsistency between these terms and conditions and the terms and conditions of the contract between the Company and the other
person, these terms and conditions are paramount.
18. Notice of Loss
Any claim for loss or damage must be notified in writing to the Company within 7 days of delivery of the Goods or the date upon which the Goods should have been delivered, failing which the
Company shall be discharged of liability howsoever arising.
19. Time Bar
The Company shall be discharged from all liability unless suit is filed and served on the Company within 9 months (except as provided by statute or convention) after completion of the
Services, delivery of the Goods or the date when the Goods should have been delivered, whichever is the shorter.
20. Contrary Legislation
These Terms and Conditions are to be read subject to relevant statutory provisions having effect in New Zealand which by law cannot be excluded, restricted or modified. Any such term and
condition of these Terms and Conditions which is inconsistent with or repugnant to that legislation shall be null and void to the extent (but no further) of such inconsistency or repugnance.
21. Severability
Each term of this document is severable from the other, and if for any reason a term is invalid or unenforceable it shall not prejudice or affect the validity or enforceability of any other term.
22. Law and Jurisdiction
These conditions shall be governed and construed in accordance with New Zealand law and any proceedings shall be brought in the courts of New Zealand.
23. Arbitration
The Customer shall refer all disputes to arbitration in New Zealand. The arbitration shall be conducted in accordance with the Arbitration Act 1996 or any re-enactment or amendment thereof.