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(ix)
undertaking to deliver goods to a named person or a person
authorised to claim delivery;
(x)
granting, acquiring, renouncing, surrendering, transferring
negotiating any rights in connection with the goods;
(xi)
notifying a person of terms and conditions of a contract of carriage
of goods;
(xii)
giving a notice or statement in connection with the performance of
a contract of carriage of goods; and
or
(xiii) acquiring or transferring rights and obligations under a contract for
carriage of goods.
2.
A legal requirement that an act referred to in the preceding Paragraph be
done in writing or by using a written document, that requirement is
satisfied if the act is done using one or more electronic records.
3.
Without prejudice to the preceding Paragraph, if a right is to be granted
to, or an obligation is to be acquired by a particular person, and if there is
a legal requirement that this be done by the transfer or use of a written
document, that legal requirement is satisfied by using one or more
electronic records only if they are created by a method that gives reliable
assurance that the right or obligation has become the right or obligation
of that person.
4.
For the purpose of the preceding Paragraph, whether an assurance is
reliable shall be determined in light of all the circumstances, including the
purpose for which the right or obligation is conveyed and any other
relevant agreement.
5.
Where one or more electronic records are used to do an act referred to in
sub-paragraphs (1)(J) or (1)(m) above, no paper document used to do
the same act is valid with respect to the same goods unless:
6.
(i)
the use of electronic records has been terminated with respect to
the act and the goods, unilaterally or by agreement; and
(ii)
the paper document that replaces the electronic record contains a
statement of the termination.
The replacement of the electronic records by a paper document as
described in the preceding Paragraph does not affect the rights or
obligations of the parties involved.
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