New South Wales Consolidated Acts New South Wales Consolidated ActsIn this Part--
"carrier" means an individual, partnership or body corporate who or which
supplies services under contracts of carriage.
"head contract of carriage" means an agreement, arrangement or practice under
which a principal contractor and carrier agree that the carrier is to provide
services exclusively and on an agreed regular basis for the principal
contractor.
"previous carrier" means a previous carrier as referred to in section 346 (1)
(a).
"previous principal contractor" , in relation to a previous carrier, means the
principal contractor immediately preceding the principal contractor referred
to in section 346 (1) (a) to whom the previous carrier provided services under
the relevant head contract of carriage.
"termination" has its ordinary common law meaning, and includes conduct by a
principal contractor, being conduct resulting from factors within the control
of the principal contractor, the effect of which is to alter the head contract
of carriage in a manner which imposes serious financial disadvantage on the
carrier.
"Tribunal" means the Contract of Carriage Tribunal established by this Part.