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Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994 No 60 (as at 01 October 1995), Public Act – New Zealand Legislation
as at 1 October 1995
Public Act 1994 No 60
5 Convention to be a code
6 Certificates about Contracting States
An Act to give effect to the provisions of the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods
(1) This Act may be cited as the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994.
Section 1(2): Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994 brought into force, on 1 October 1995, by the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act Commencement Order 1995 (SR 1995/168).
In this Act, Convention means the United Nations Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods done at Vienna on 11 April 1980, a copy of the English text of which is set out in the Schedule.
The provisions of the Convention shall have the force of law in New Zealand.
The provisions of the Convention shall, in relation to contracts to which it applies, have effect in place of any other law of New Zealand relating to contracts of sale of goods to the extent—
(a) that the law is concerned with any matter that is governed by the Convention; and
(b) that the application of the law is not expressly permitted by the Convention.
A certificate signed by the Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, or by a Deputy Secretary of Foreign Affairs and Trade, stating whether or not, in respect of any specified day or period,—
(a) a State is a Contracting State:
(b) a declaration made under the Convention is effective in respect of a State and, if so, the contents of any such declaration—
shall be conclusive evidence for all purposes of the matters stated in the certificate.
Chapter I—Sphere of application
Art 1 International sales contracts
Art 2 Exclusion from Convention
Art 3 Goods to be produced and services
Art 4 Questions to be covered by Convention
Art 5 Product liability
Art 6 Autonomy of parties
Chapter II—General provisions
Art 7 Interpretation of Convention
Art 8 Interpretation of contract
Art 9 Usages and practices
Art 10 Place of business
Art 11 Form of contract
Art 12 State’s declaration as to form
Art 13 Telegram and telex
Art 14 Offer
Art 15 When offer becomes effective
Art 16 Revocability of offer
Art 17 Rejection of offer
Art 18 Acceptance
Art 19 Modified acceptance
Art 20 Time fixed for acceptance
Art 21 Late acceptance
Art 22 Withdrawal of acceptance
Art 23 Time of conclusion of contract
Art 24 Time offer “reaches” offeree
Art 25 Fundamental breach
Art 26 Notice of avoidance
Art 27 Delay or non-arrival of communication
Art 28 Specific performance
Art 29 Modification of contract
Chapter II—Obligations of the seller
Art 30 Seller’s obligations in general
Section I: Delivery of the goods and handing over of documents
Art 31 Place of delivery
Art 32 Transportation arrangements
Art 33 Time of delivery
Art 34 Handing over of documents
Section II: Conformity of the goods and third party claims
Art 35 Conformity of goods
Art 36 Liability for lack of conformity
Art 37 Cure before date of delivery
Art 38 Examination of goods
Art 39 Notice of lack of conformity
Art 40 Seller’s knowledge of lack of conformity
Art 41 Third party claims in general
Art 42 Intellectual property
Art 43 Notice of third party claims
Art 44 Rights where reasonable excuse for failure to notify
Section III: Remedies for breach of contract by the seller
Art 45 Buyer’s remedies in general
Art 46 Right to require performance
Art 47 Additional period of performance
Art 48 Cure after date of delivery
Art 49 Right to avoid contract
Art 50 Reduction of price
Art 51 Partial non-performance
Art 52 Early delivery and excess quantity
Chapter III—Obligations of the buyer
Art 53 Buyer’s obligations in general
Section I: Payment of the price
Art 54 Obligation to pay the price
Art 55 Open-price contracts
Art 56 Price fixed by weight
Art 57 Place of payment
Art 58 Time of payment
Art 59 Payment due without request
Section II: Taking delivery
Art 60 Obligation to take delivery
Section III: Remedies for breach of contract by the buyer
Art 61 Seller’s remedies in general
Art 62 Right to require performance
Art 63 Additional period for performance
Art 64 Right to avoid contract
Art 65 Seller’s rights where buyer fails to make specification
Chapter IV—Passing of risk
Art 66 Loss after risk has passed
Art 67 Transit risk
Art 68 Goods sold in transit
Art 69 Residual rules of risk
Art 70 Perservation of buyer’s remedies for fundamental breach
Chapter V—Provisions common to the obligations of the seller and of the buyer
Section I: Anticipatory breach and instalment contracts
Art 71 Suspension of performance
Art 72 Avoidance for anticipatory breach
Art 73 Avoidance of instalment contracts
Section II: Damages
Art 74 Damages in general
Art 75 Substitute transaction
Art 76 Damages based on current price
Art 77 Mitigation of loss
Art 78 Interest
Section IV: Exemptions
Art 79 Exemptions
Art 80 Breach caused by other party
Section V: Effects of avoidance
Art 81 Effects of avoidance
Art 82 Inability to return goods
Art 83 Retention of other remedies
Art 84 Accounting for benefits
Section VI: Preservation of the goods
Art 85 Seller’s duty to preserve
Art 86 Buyer’s duty to preserve
Art 87 Deposit with third person
Art 88 Sale of preserved goods
Art 89 Depositary
Art 90 Other international agreements
Art 91 Signature and ratification
Art 92 Exclusion of Part II or Part III
Art 93 Federal States
Art 94 States with same legal rules
Art 95 Declaration as to art 1(1)(b)
Art 96 Declaration as to written form
Art 97 Effects of declaration
Art 98 Authorised reservations
Art 99 Entry into force
Art 100 Temporal applicability
Art 101 Denunciation
This is a reprint of the Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act 1994. The reprint incorporates all the amendments to the Act as at 1 October 1995, as specified in the list of amendments at the end of these notes.
Sale of Goods (United Nations Convention) Act Commencement Order 1995