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Passenger 10.11/11.8

10.11 Hand baggage on Cook Strait rail ferries

Passengers embarking at Wellington or Picton for journeys by rail ferry only shall, when required to do so by the Corporation, deposit unchecked baggage on special baggage trailers or other vehicles situated at the wharf terminals for the conveyance of passengers' baggage. Unclaimed baggage shall be treated as lost baggage.

11. CHECKED BAGGAGE

11.1 Conditions

Passengers may have their baggage checked for carriage from and to attended stations where facilities for checking baggage are provided to the extent of the rail, road and rail ferry tickets held as follows:

Between And Route
Any Station ... ... Any other station on the same Rail
section of railway ...
Stations in the North Island ... Stations in the South Island ... Rail and Cook Strait rail ferry
service.
Kaitaia, Mangakino, Rotorua, Stations in the North Island Rail and railway road services.
Whakatane, Opotiki, or Fox- Stations in the South Island... Rail, railway road services,
ton ... ... ... Cook Strait rail ferry
service.
Gisborne ... ... ... Stations in the North Island ... Rail and/or railway road ser-
vices via Rotorua or
Taneatua

11.2 Liability

Subject to the Carriage of Goods Act 1979 the Corporation will not be liable for loss of or damage or delay to any checked baggage, if such loss, damage, or delay occurs after the same has been placed in the possession, custody, or control of any carrier other than the Corporation whether by land, water, or air, or of any harbour board, warehouseman, or other person, notwithstanding that the baggage may have been accepted for checking to a station on a different section of railway, or to a place that is not on the railway, nor will the Corporation be liable for any delay caused by failure to place any such baggage in the possession, custody, or control of any such carrier, harbour board, warehouseman or other person as aforesaid.

11.3 Presenting baggage for checking

Baggage to be checked must (without prejudice to the provisions regarding excess baggage) be delivered at least 15 minutes before the due time of departure of the service by which it is to be conveyed. The person presenting baggage to be checked must obtain a baggage check for each package.

11.4 Rail ferry checked baggage

Passengers embarking at Wellington or Picton for journeys by rail ferry only, may check their baggage at the railway station or wharf office prior to departure of the ship for collection at either the wharf terminal or the railway station at Picton or Wellington as the case may be. Baggage checked under this provision must be delivered to Wellington or Picton railway station as applicable not less than two hours before sailing time. Baggage checked at either wharf terminal office will be accepted up to 30 minutes prior to sailing time.

11.5 Delivery of checked baggage

Except as provided in clause 11.6 no checked baggage shall be delivered until the check has been surrendered. Delivery by the Corporation of any checked baggage to the person surrendering checks and acceptance of delivery by such person shall discharge the Corporation of any liability in respect of the baggage. The Corporation reserves the right to decline to deliver checked baggage at any station other than the original destination station of such baggage.

11.6 Lost checks

Any person claiming delivery of any checked baggage and who is unable to produce the check owing to it having been lost, may be required to make at his own cost, a declaration under the Oaths and Declarations Act 1957, setting forth the number of the baggage check lost, the description of such package and its contents, and such other information as the Corporation may require. Before delivery the claimant may be required to indemnify the Corporation against any loss or claim that may arise as a result of delivery and to furnish such other proofs of title to delivery of the baggage as the Corporation may require.

11.7 Storage

Checked baggage not claimed within five days of arrival at destination stations will be treated as lost baggage and stored in accordance with the provisions of clause 13.

11.8 Unclaimed baggage

Checked baggage not claimed within three months after arrival at destination may be sold.

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