(1) If without fault of the lessee, the lessor and the supplier, the agreed berthing, loading, or unloading facilities fail or the agreed type of carrier becomes unavailable or the agreed manner of delivery otherwise becomes commercially impracticable, but a commercially reasonable substitute is available, the substitute performance must be tendered and accepted.
(2) If the agreed means or manner of payment fails because of domestic or foreign governmental regulation:

Terms Used In Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-404

  • Domestic: when applied to a corporation, partnership, business trust, or limited liability company, means all those incorporated or formed by authority of this state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Fault: means wrongful act, omission, breach, or default. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Foreign: when applied to a corporation, partnership, limited partnership, business trust, statutory trust, or limited liability company, includes all those incorporated or formed by authority of any other state. See Kentucky Statutes 446.010
  • Lessee: means a person who acquires the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Lessor: means a person who transfers the right to possession and use of goods under a lease. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103
  • Obligation: An order placed, contract awarded, service received, or similar transaction during a given period that will require payments during the same or a future period.
  • Supplier: means a person from whom a lessor buys or leases goods to be leased under a finance lease. See Kentucky Statutes 355.2A-103

(a) The lessor may withhold or stop delivery or cause the supplier to withhold or stop delivery unless the lessee provides a means or manner of payment that is commercially a substantial equivalent; and
(b) If delivery has already been taken, payment by the means or in the manner provided by the regulation discharges the lessee’s obligation unless the regulation is discriminatory, oppressive, or predatory.
Effective: January 1, 1991
History: Created 1990 Ky. Acts ch. 363, sec. 44, effective January 1, 1991.