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The Air Carrier Liability (No. 2) Regulations 2004

S.I. 2004/1974 · Made 27 July 2004

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CIVIL AVIATION

Made 27th July 2004

Laid before Parliament 29th July 2004

Coming into force 23rd August 2004

The Secretary of State for Transport, being a Minister designatedf1 for the purposes of section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972f2 in relation to matters relating to air transport, in exercise of the powers conferred by that section hereby makes the following Regulations:

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

S.I. 1993/2661

f2

1972 c. 68.

Contents

  1. 1Citation and commencement
  2. 2Amendment of article 2 of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004
  3. 3Amendment of the Air Carrier Liability Regulations 2004
  4. Signature
  5. Explanatory note

1Citation and commencement

These Regulations may be cited as the Air Carrier Liability (No. 2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 23rd August 2004.

2Amendment of article 2 of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004

For the definition of “the Council Regulation” in article 2 of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004f1 there shall be substituted—

  • ““the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Councilf2 as it has effect in accordance with the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993f3 as amended by the Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee No. 34/98 of 30th April 1998 and No. 142/2002 of 8th November 2002f4;”.

3Amendment of the Air Carrier Liability Regulations 2004

In regulation 4 of the Air Carrier Liability Regulations Order 2004f1 for “level 5 on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “the statutory maximum”.

Signature

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport

Tony McNulty

Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,

Department for Transport

27th July 2004

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend article 2 of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004 by updating the definition given for the Council Regulation (Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97) to include the amendment to that Regulation made by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council. They also effect a correction to the Air Carrier Liability Regulations 2004 relating to the language used to describe the financial level of the fine that may be imposed on summary conviction.

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