The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (FifthAmendment) Order 1999

JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 1999 Draft
Year1999

1999No.

CIVIL AVIATION

The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Fifth

Amendment) Order 1999

1999

1999

At the Court at [ ], the [ ] day of [ ] 1999

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, in accordance with section 10(5) of the Carriage by Air Act 1961( a):

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 10 of the Carriage by Air Act 1961, and of that section as applied by section 5(2) of the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962( b), and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:-

Citation, commencement and effect

1. - (1) This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Fifth Amendment) Order 1999 and shall come into force on the tenth day after the day on which it is made.

(2) Nothing in this Order shall affect rights and liabilities arising out of an occurrence which took place before the coming into force of this Order.

Amendments of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 1967

2. - (1) The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 1967( c) is hereby amended as follows.

(2) In article 2(1):

(a) for the term "the amended Convention" which is defined in that section there shall be substituted the term "the 1955 amended Convention"; and(b) after the definition of "the 1955 amended Convention" there shall be inserted:

" "the MP4 amended Convention" means the English text of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol and as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975 as set out in Schedule 1A to the Act of 1961( d);";

(3) In articles 3 and 7 for the words "amended Convention" there shall be substituted "1955 amended Convention or the MP4 amended Convention";

(4) For Schedule 1 there shall be substituted the provisions set out in the Schedule to this Order.

(5) In Schedules 2 and 3 for the words "the amended Convention", wherever they appear, there shall be substituted the words "the 1955 amended Convention".

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 3(3)

Provisions inserted, as Schedule 1, in the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 1967

SCHEDULE 1

NON-INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE AND CARRIAGE OF MAIL AND POSTAL PACKAGES

PART I

APPLICATION OF THE WARSAW CONVENTION AS AMENDED AT THE HAGUE AND BY PROTOCOL NO. 4 OF MONTREAL, 1975

The MP4 amended Convention as set out in Schedule 1A to the 1961 Act shall apply in respect of carriage described in Article 4 of this Order subject to the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:-

(1) For "Convention", wherever it appears, there shall be substituted "Schedule".

(2) In Article 1(1) the word "international" shall be omitted.

(3) Article 1(2) and (3) shall not apply.

(4) Article 2(2) and (3) shall not apply.

(5) Chapter II shall not apply.

(6) In Article 22(1) for "16,600 Special Drawing Rights" there shall be substituted "100,000 Special Drawing Rights".

(7) Article 22(6) shall not apply and the following shall be inserted:-

" (6) The value on a particular day of one Special Drawing Right shall be treated as equal to such a sum in sterling as the International Monetary Fund have fixed as being the equivalent of one Special Drawing Right-

(a) for that day; or(b) if no sum has been fixed for that day, for the last day before that day for which a sum has been so fixed.

(7) A certificate given by or on behalf of the Treasury stating-

(a) that a particular sum in sterling has been fixed by the International Monetary Fund as referred to in paragraph (6) for a particular day; or(b) that no sum has been so fixed for a particular day and that a particular sum in sterling has been so fixed for a day which is the last day for which a sum has been so fixed before the particular day, shall be conclusive evidence of those matters for the purposes of this article; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall in any proceedings be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.";

(8) In Article 26(1) the words from "and" to the end shall be omitted.

(9) In Article 26(3) the words from "upon" to "writing" shall be omitted.

(10) Article 28 shall not apply.

(11) In Article 30(1) the words from "and" where it first occurs to "Article 1" shall be omitted.

(12) In Article 32 the words from "if" to the end shall be omitted.

(13) Article 34 shall not apply.

(14) Articles 36 to 41 shall not apply.

(15) The Additional Protocol shall not apply.

PART II

APPLICATION OF THE GUADALAJARA CONVENTION

The Guadalajara Convention shall apply in respect of carriage, described in Article 4 of this Order, subject to the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:-

(1) For "the Convention" wherever it appears, there shall be substituted "the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule".

(2) In Article 1, the following shall be added as paragraph (a):-

" "the Warsaw Convention" means the MP4 amended Convention as applied by this Schedule".

(3) In Article II, the words from "according" to "paragraph (b)" shall be omitted.

(4) In Article III.2 for "by that Convention" there shall be substituted "thereby" and for "of the said Convention" there shall be substituted "thereof".

(5) In Article IV, the second sentence shall not apply.

(6) In Article VII, the second sentence shall not apply.

(7) Article VIII shall not apply.

(8) In Article IX, the words from "if" to the end shall be omitted.

(9) After Article X the following Article shall be added:-

"Article XI

Nothing herein shall impose any liability on the Postmaster General or any authority for the time being established by or under any Act of Parliament to provide postal services".

PART III

For convenience of reference the MP4 amended Convention and the Guadalajara Convention, with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications made by this Schedule are here set out:

A.The MP4 amended Convention, as applied by Schedule 1

NON-INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE AND CARRIAGE OF MAIL AND POSTAL PACKAGES

CHAPTER 1 - SCOPE - DEFINITIONS

Article 1

This Schedule applies to all carriage of persons, baggage or cargo performed by aircraft for reward. It applies equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking.

Article 2

This Schedule applies to carriage performed by the State or by legally constituted public bodies provided it falls within the conditions laid down in Article 1.

CHAPTER III - LIABILITY OF THE CARRIER

Article 17

The carrier is liable for damage sustained in the event of the death or wounding of a passenger or any other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, if the accident which caused the damage so sustained took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking.

Article 18

(1) The carrier is liable for damage sustained in the event of the destruction or loss of, or damage to, any registered baggage, if the occurrence which caused the damage so sustained took place during the carriage by air.

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