30. Act does not affect certain written laws

Terms defined in s 2

• carrier

  carrier

  Defined · s 2

  “carrier”, in relation to any goods that are the subject of a multimodal transport contract, means a person who performs or undertakes to perform the carriage, or part of the carriage, of the goods by any mode of transport, whether or not the person is the multimodal transport operator of the contract;

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• consignee

  consignee

  Defined · s 2

  “consignee”, in relation to any goods that are the subject of a multimodal transport contract, means the person entitled under the multimodal transport contract to receive the goods from the multimodal transport operator of the contract;

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• consignor

  consignor

  Defined · s 2

  “consignor”, in relation to any goods that are the subject of a multimodal transport contract, means the person who concluded the contract with another person under which the other person is to be the multimodal transport operator;

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• multimodal transport contract

  multimodal transport contract

  Defined · s 2

  “multimodal transport contract” means a contract whereby a multimodal transport operator undertakes, against payment of freight, to perform or to procure the performance of international multimodal transport of goods;

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• multimodal transport operator

  multimodal transport operator

  Defined · s 2

  “multimodal transport operator” means any person who —(a)on the person’s own behalf or through another person acting on the person’s behalf, concludes a multimodal transport contract for the international multimodal transport of any goods;(b)acts as a principal (and not as an agent of or on behalf of the consignor or of any carrier participating in the international multimodal transport of the goods);(c)assumes responsibility for the performance of the multimodal transport contract; and(d)is under the register of the Singapore competent national body or the competent national body of an ASEAN member country;

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