# Carriage by Air Act 1961, Paragraph: Article 40—Respective Liability of Contracting and Actual Carriers


If an actual carrier performs the whole or part of carriage which, according to the contract referred to in Article 39, is governed by this Convention, both the contracting carrier and the actual carrier shall, except as otherwise provided in this Chapter, be subject to the rules of this Convention, the former for the whole of the carriage contemplated in the contract, the latter solely for the carriage which it performs.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/27/schedule/1B/part/1/chapter/V/paragraph/wrapper124n1 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-by-air-act-1961/schedule-1B/part-1/chapter-V/paragraph-wrapper124n1
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