Terms and Condtions

SERVICE BASIS

1: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES. IS NOT A COMMON CARRIER and does not accept any liability as a common carrier and may refuse to perform services for any person or company.

2: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES relies on the details supplied to it but PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES cannot verify and does not admit their accuracy or completeness and a signature by PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES or its representatives is only an acknowledgement for the number of items carried.

3: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES will deliver the goods to the specified address on the documentation provided by the sender provided suitable delivery facilities are available at all hours.

4: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES will not exchange any pallets with any person or company and the sender is responsible for the correct pallet delivery documentation being supplied with the goods.

SENDERS OBLIGATIONS

1: Not tender to PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES any dangerous or explosive goods or goods that may become dangerous, inflammable or offensive (inc. radioactive substances) unless otherwise agreed in writing and detailing the exact nature of the goods to be carried.

2: Ensure that the goods conform to the receiver’s requirements and pay any expense incurred by PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES if the sender fails to comply.

SENDER WARRANTS

1: It has fully described the goods being carried on the consignment documentation and that the goods are packed in the proper way and such that they will withstand the ordinary risk or carriage.

2: The person delivering the goods to PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES is authorised to so and engage PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES to perform the services.

3: Is either the owner or authorised agent of the owner of the goods and accepts PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES’s conditions of carriage for themselves and the receiver.

4: The sender indemnifies PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES from any loss, damage, expense, penalty, fine or liability arising from a breach of the senders warranties and obligations or these conditions.

5: The receiver of the goods has the correct equipment and handling facilities to unload the goods.
PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING

SERVICES TRANSPORT RIGHTS

1: Should the goods being carried become dangerous, inflammable, explosive, offensive or
of a damaging nature PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES may at any time at the senders expense destroy, dispose, render harmless or abandon the goods without compensation to the sender, receiver or third party and without prejudice to PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES’s right to any charges.

2: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES will provide the services to the sender on the basis of complying with all regulations pertaining to the carriage of goods.

3: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES may at its discretion consolidate good accepted by it to a full load status should thegoods being shipped by a sender not be a full load.

4: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES may sub contract the goods out to another carrier where it is unable to provide theservices itself.

5: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES will deliver the goods to the address supplied by the sender or any other address provided by the receiver and PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES will be taken to have delivered the goods if at either address PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES obtains a signature from any person as acknowledgement of delivery.

6: Should PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES be re directed by the sender or receiver any costs will be paid by the sender.

7: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES reserves the right to determine the route to be taken for the provision of services.

CHARGES

The sender must or a person nominated by the sender unless otherwise agreed pay PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES all charges within 14 days of the date of PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES’s invoice.

1: Pay the freight by either measurement or weight as PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES selects.

2: Pay PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES’s expenses and charges to comply with any law or regulation or any order or requirement made upon us by any receiver, market, warehouse, statutory authority or person.

3: Supply or pay for labour or machinery to both load and unload the goods in a safe manner.

4: The sender shall pay PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES and additional charge at industry rates should the receiver not be present during normal working hours or there is any delay in unloading greater than one [ 30 ) minutesloading and unloading.

5: Pay PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES all costs in relation to clause 1 under PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES Transport Rights.

6: Compensate PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES for any loss or damage to PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES’s property caused by either the sender or receiver or any person acting for either party.

7: If any charges remain unpaid past the agreed date for payment PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES reserves the right to charge A $25 account keeping fee per calendar month on the 15th day of the invoice balance remaining outstanding until paid in full .The customer will be responsible for all costs in recovering any outstanding amounts this is the condition of cartage And by signing this document and agreeing for Peddell transport & contracting services to carry the goods you have agreed to this condition of Cartage.

8: If a person or company other than the sender is nominated to pay the charges and doesn’t do so within the agreed time the sender must pay charges immediately upon PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES’s demand for payment.

9: All freight rates quoted are ex GST unless otherwise specifically nominated in writing.

CLAIMS

1: If PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES is liable for damage or loss of the goods or any part of the goods no claim for loss or damage may be made unless written notice is lodged within 2 days of delivery or for non-delivery within 7 days of the due delivery date.

2: Failure to notify a claim within the time frame in clause 1 is evidence of satisfactory performance by PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES of all its obligations.

3: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES will be released from any liability if action re non-performance is not lodged within 3 months of the completion of our services.

4: Time is of the essence in regard to these matters.

LIMITATIONS

1: The goods at all times will be at the risk of the sender and PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES excludes all liability to any person including the sender for acts or omissions of PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES in tort including negligence contract, bailment or otherwise for loss, damage to or contamination of the goods or any delay, non-delivery or other failure to supply the services or arising out of the goods, the services or these conditions.

2: The sender and receiver release and indemnify PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES against all loss, damage, cost and expense from any claim by any person in tort including negligence contract, bailment or otherwise or loss or damage to any person, injury to or death of any person arising out of any acts or omissions of PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES or any or all of the goods. The services or any delay, non-delivery or other failure to supply the services or these conditions.

3: Clauses 1 and 2 extend to cover loss of profits, business of anticipated savings or any other direct or indirect or consequential damage and to economic loss even though PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES may know or expect they are possible.

4: Even if PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES breaches any of these conditions all rights, immunities and limitations of liability in these conditions continue to have full effect in all circumstances.

5: PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES is not bound to accept cash for COD Deliveries unless otherwise agreed in writing.

LIABILITY

The parties acknowledge that under applicable State, Territory and Commonwealth Law including The Trade Practices Act certain conditions and warranties may implied in any contract based on these conditions and rights and remedies conferred on consumers which cannot be excluded, restricted or modified by agreement and not withstanding any clause of these conditions the non excludable rights are not excluded, restricted or modified by these conditions except to the extent permitted by law.

LAW

These conditions are governed and must be construed under the laws of the State of NSW and the parties submit to the exclusive jurisdiction of the courts of the State of NSW.

VARIATIONS

PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES is not bound by any variations of these conditions unless it is placed in writing and signed by a Director of PEDDELL TRANSPORT & CONTRACTING SERVICES
TERMS AND CONDITIONS EFFECTIVE 01/02/2020.