Terms & Conditions of Carriage
1. All and any business undertaken by JFTM Pty Ltd and Worldwide Freight Pty Ltd (hereinafter called "the Company") is transacted subject to the conditions hereinafter set out each of which shall be deemed to be incorporated in and to be a condition of any agreement between the company and its Customers. The Company only deals with goods subject to these conditions. No agent or employee of the Company has the Company's authority to alter or vary these conditions.
2. Any instructions given to the Company may in the absolute discretion of the Company be compiled with by the Company itself by its own servants performing part or all of the relevant services or by the Company employing or instructing or entrusting the goods to others on such other conditions as such others may stipulate to perform part or all of the services. The customer shall be bound by such other conditions, and shall release the Company from and indemnify the Company against any claims arising out of their acceptance.
3. Customers entering into transactions of any kind with the Company expressly warrant that they are either the owners or the authorised agents of the owners of any and all goods or property the subject matter of the transaction. By entering into the transaction they accept these conditions for themselves and for all others parties on whose behalf they are acting and they warrant that they have authority so to do.
4. Subject to express instructions in writing given by the customer and accepted by the Company, the
Company reserves to itself complete freedom in respect of means, route and procedure to be followed in the
handling, storage, and transportation of goods.
5. The Company is entitled to retrain and be paid all brokerages, commissions, allowances and other remunerations retained by or paid to Shipping and forwarding Agents (or Freight Forwarders) and Insurance Brokers.
6. Quotations are given on the basis of immediate acceptance and subject to the right of withdrawal before acceptance and revision after acceptance. If any changes occur in the rates of customs, duty, freight, insurance premiums or others charges applicable to the goods, quotations and charges shall be subject to revision accordingly wether with or without notice.
7. The customers and the Senders, Owners and Consignees of any goods and their agents, if any, shall be deemed to be bound by and to warrant the accuracy of all descriptions, values and other particulars furnished to the Company for customs, consular and other purposes and shall jointly and severally indemnify the Company against all losses, damages, expenses and fines arising from any inaccuracy or omission, even if such inaccuracy or omission is not due to any negligence.
8. The Company shall not be liable under any circumstances for any loss, damage or expense arising from or in any way connected with marks, weight, numbers, brands, contents, quality or description of any goods.
9. The customers and the Senders, Owners and consignees and their agents, if any, shall be jointly and severally liable for any duty, tax, impost, or outlays of whatsoever nature levied by the authorities at any port or place for or in connection with the goods and for any payments, fines, expenses, loss and damage incurred or sustained by the Company in connection therewith.
10. No insurance will be effected except upon express instructions as to the risk or risks to be insured against and the value or values to be declared given in writing by the customer and all insurances effected by the
Company will be subject to the usual exceptions and conditions of the policies of the insurance company or underwriters accepting the risk. The Company shall not be under any obligation to effect a separate insurance on each consignment but may declare it on an open or general policy. Should the insurers dispute their liability for any reason the insured shall have recourse against the insurers only and the Company shall not be under any responsibility or liability in relation thereto, notwithstanding that the premium upon the policy may not be the same rate as that charged by the Company or paid to the Company by its customer.
11. The Company shall not be liable for loss of or damage to goods unless such loss or damage occurs whilst the goods are in the actual custody of the Company and under its actual control and unless such loss or damage is due to the wilful neglect or default of the Company or its own servants.
12. The Company shall not in any circumstances be liable for damages or costs arising from loss or fall of market or attributable to delay in forwarding or in transit or failure (not amounting to wilful negligence) to carry out the instructions given to it.
13. The liability of the Company shall in every case be limited in amount to the sum of $20 in respect of all the goods entrusted to its care in any one consignment whether or not there as been any declaration of value of the goods or of any of them for the purpose of carriage or otherwise.
14. (A) In the case of carriage by sea, the value will not be declared or inserted in the Bill of Lading for the purpose of extending the Shipowner's liability under Article IV, Rule 5 of the Sea Carriage of Goods Act, 1924, except upon express instructions given by the Customers.
(B) In the case of Carriage by Air, no optional declaration of value to increase the Air Carrier's liability under the Carriage by Air Act, 1935, Article 22(2) of the first Schedule will be made except on express instructions given in writing by the customers.
(C) In all other cases where there is a choice of tariff rates according to the extent of the liability assumed by carriers warehousemen or others no declaration of value (where optional) will be made for the purpose of extending liability, and goods will be forwarded or dealt with a owner's risk or other minimum charges, unless express instructions in writing to the contrary are given by the customer.
15. Instructions to collect payment on delivery (C.O.D) in cash or otherwise are accepted by the Company upon the condition that the Company in the matter of such collection will be liable for the exercise of reasonable diligence and care only.
16. Perishable goods, which are not taken up immediately upon arrival or which are insufficiently addressed or marked or otherwise not identifiable, may be sold or disposed of without any notice to the customer or the Senders, Owners or Consignees of the goods, and payment or tender of the net proceeds of any sale after deduction of charges shall be equivalent to delivery. All charges and expenses arising in connection with the sale or disposal of the goods shall be paid by the customer.
17. Non-perishable goods, which cannot be delivered either because they are insufficiently or incorrectly addressed or because they are not collected or accepted by the Consignee may be sold or returned at the Company's option at any time after the expiration of 21 days from the sending of notice in writing to the address which the customer or Sender gave the Company on delivery of the goods to the Company. All charges and expenses arising in connection with the sale or return of the goods shall be paid by the customer
or Sender. A communication from any agent or correspondent of the Company to the effect that the goods cannot be delivered for any reason shall be conclusive evidence of the fact.
18. Except under special arrangements previously made in writing the Company will not accept or deal with any noxious, dangerous, hazardous, inflammable or explosive goods or any goods likely to cause damage. Any person delivering such goods to the Company to handle or deal with any such goods (except under special arrangements previously made in writing) shall be liable for all loss or damage caused thereby and shall indemnify the Company against all penalties claims damages costs and expenses arising in connection therewith and the goods may be destroyed or otherwise dealt with at the sole discretion of the Company or any other person in whose custody they may be at the relevant time. If such goods are acceptable under arrangements previously made in writing they may nevertheless be so destroyed to other goods or property. The expression "goods likely to cause damage” includes goods likely to harbour or encourage vermin or other pests.
19. Except under special arrangements previously made in writing by the Company will not accept bullion, coins, stones, jewellery, valuables, antiques, pictures, livestock or plants, and the Company will not accept any liability whatever for any such goods except under special arrangements previously made in writing.
20. Pending forwarding and delivery, goods may be warehoused or otherwise held at any place or places at the sole discretion of the Company at the customer's or Owner's risk and expense.
21. All goods (and documents relating to goods) shall be subject to a particular and general lien for moneys due either in respect of such goods or any particular or general balance or other moneys due from the customers, the Senders, Owners, Consignees to the Company. If any money due to the Company are not paid within one calendar month after notice has been given to the person from whom the moneys are due that such goods are detained, they may be sold by auction or otherwise at the sole discretion of the company and the expense of such person, and the proceeds applied in or towards satisfaction of such particular and general lien.
22. (A) By entering into any agreement to which these conditions apply the customer on his own behalf and as agent for the Owner, Sender and Consignee agrees and further offers to limit the liability of all servants employees and agents of the Company in respect to the goods and subject of the agreement to the extent that each such servant employee and agent shall be protected by and entitled to the full benefit of all provisions in these conditions excluding or restricting tortious liability of any kind.
(B) The offer hereinbefore referred to shall be accepted by the act of each such servant employee or agent in performing any function in relation to or affecting the goods the subject of the agreement.
(C) For the purpose of the foregoing provisions of this clause the Company is and shall be deemed to be acting as agent on behalf of and trustee for the benefit of all persons who are or become its servants employees or agents from time to time and all such persons shall to this extent be and be deemed to be parties to the agreement concerned.
23. Without prejudice to Conditions 3 the Company shall have the right to enforce any liability of the Customer under these Conditions or to recover any sums to be paid by the Customer under these Conditions not only
against or from the Customer but also if it thinks fit against or from the senders and/or the owners and/or consignees of the goods.
24. All agreements between the Company and its customers shall be governed by Australian Law and within the exclusive jurisdiction of the Australian Court.
25. Notwithstanding anything contained herein the Company shall not under any circumstances be liable for loss or damage resulting from fire, water, explosion or theft, whether caused by negligence of the Company servant's or otherwise.
26. The Company shall not under any circumstances be liable for loss or damage resulting from or attributable to any quotation statement representation or information whether oral or in writing howsoever wheresoever or to whomsoever made or given by or on behalf of the Company or by any servant employee or agent of the Company as to the classification of or the liability for amount scale or rate of customs duty excise duty or other impost or tax applicable to any goods or property whatsoever. The Company does not accept responsibility in relation to any decision or action taken or liability incurred on the basis of any such quotation statement representation or information.
27. In the event of unexplained loss of goods in the custody of the Company the liability of the Company shall not exceed the limits defined in Clause 13 of these Conditions.
28. The use of a customer's own form shall in no way derogate form these conditions the whole of which shall, notwithstanding anything contained in any such form, constitute terms of the agreement so entered into. Any provisions in any such form which is contrary to any provision of these Conditions shall be extent of such inconsistency be inapplicable.