Paragraph 1 X1C1
United Kingdom
In the carriage of persons the liability of the carrier for each passenger is limited to the sum of F116,600 special drawing rights. Where, in accordance with the law of the court seised of the case, damages may be awarded in the form of periodical payments the equivalent capital value of the said payments shall not exceed F2this limit. Nevertheless, by special contract, the carrier and the passenger may agree to a higher limit of liability.
Annotations
Textual amendments
- F1
Words substituted (1.12.1997) by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 4(1)(a)(i)(ii), 6(2); S.I. 1997/2565, art. 2, Sch.
- F2
Words substituted (1.12.1997) by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 4(1)(a)(i)(ii), 6(2); S.I. 1997/2565, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications
- C1
Art. 22 of Pt. I (as originally enacted) amended (prosp.) by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 5, 6(2), 7(2)
Editorial notes
- X1
Schedule 1, containing the provisions of the Warsaw Convention as amended at the Hague in 1955 and by Protocols No. 3 and No. 4 signed at Montreal in 1975, substituted (prosp.) with saving for Schedule 1 as originally enacted, containing the provisions of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol, by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 1(1)(3), 6(2), 7(2)