No. 61
THE NEW ZEALAND GAZETTE
1561

BAGGAGE, PARCELS, ETC.

49. Lost Baggage

1. Baggage or other packages or articles, left in a train or left unclaimed on railway premises, will be treated as lost baggage and charged storage at the rates provided hereunder:

2. The station platform will be cleared after the arrival and departure of each train, and subject to paragraph 6 of section 45 hereof all baggage, checked or excess, or other packages or articles found and not immediately claimed will be treated as lost baggage.

3. Baggage or other packages or articles left or left unclaimed on railway premises and to which the provisions of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979 do not apply and not claimed within 3 months after the time when first placed into storage as lost baggage may be sold.

4. The department shall not be liable with respect to any package or article under this section to which the provisions of the Carriage of Goods Act 1979 do not apply.

50. Left Baggage

1. Except as otherwise provided, baggage, packages, or articles mentioned in sections 45 and 46 may be accepted for storage free of charge on presentation of an appropriate rail, road service, or rail/ferry ticket, subject to the conditions specified hereunder.

2. The department reserves the right to decline to accept any article or package under this section.

The following will not be accepted:

Articles of an inflammable, explosive, or dangerous nature.
Articles which are wet or leaking.
Articles emitting an offensive smell.
Live animals or birds.
Loaded firearms.

Should any such articles be inadvertently accepted they may, on being found to be within the categories mentioned, be removed and stored, or otherwise suitably dealt with as the department may determine, at the sole risk and cost of the depositor or owner.

3. The department does not undertake to accept perishable articles for storage, but where a person specially desires any perishable articles to be so stored they may be accepted subject to the special condition that the department shall not be liable for any damage or loss that may rise in connection with such deposit.

4 (a) No article or package shall be considered as having been left in the custody of the department under this section unless the person desiring to deposit such article or package shall have handed it over to the department and received a baggage ticket or excess ticket issued by the department in respect of such article or package. The department shall not be bound to hand over any article or package left in its custody under this section except on production of the baggage ticket or excess ticket issued in respect thereof and on payment of all charges which may have become payable in respect of the same.

(b) At the time of presentation of such baggage or articles to be left in the custody of the department, a checked baggage label marked LEFT BAGGAGE will be issued which must be correctly filled in by the passenger or owner with name, address, and destination.

The officer accepting such baggage will attach the tie-on portion of the label to the article and hand the tear-off butt to the owner or passenger for retention.

5. Delivery—Delivery by the department of any package left in its custody under this section to the person producing and surrendering the appropriate ticket shall discharge the department of its obligation in respect of such package.

6. Any person claiming delivery of any package that is in the custody of the department under the provisions of this section and who has lost the baggage ticket applicable to such package may, before such package is delivered, be required to make at that person’s own cost a statutory declaration setting forth the number of such lost ticket, a description of the package and contents of which delivery is claimed, and such other information as the department may require. The claimant may also be required to indemnify the department against any loss or claim that may arise as a result of delivery to such person, and to furnish such other proof of title to such package as the department may require. Should the information furnished by the claimant as proof of title be insufficient or unsatisfactory to the department, delivery of such package may be withheld and the department shall not be liable for any inconvenience or loss that may result from delivery being so withheld.

7. Baggage, packages, or articles left in the custody of the department under this section and not claimed within 1 week will be treated as lost baggage and dealt with under the provisions of section 49.

8. Liability—The liability of the department in respect of each article or package deposited as aforesaid, is hereby limited to $200.00.

51. Reserved for Future Use

52. Pedal Bicycles or Tricycles