{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-by-air-act-1961/section-3",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-by-air-act-1961/section-3.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/27",
  "legislation_title": "Carriage by Air Act 1961",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/carriage-by-air-act-1961",
  "path": "section/3",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Fatal accidents.",
  "text": "References in section one of the Fatal Accidents Act, 1846, as it applies in England and Wales, and in Article 3(1) of the Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977 to a wrongful act, neglect or default shall include references to any occurrence which gives rise to a liability under —\n(a)Article 17 of the Convention;\n(b)Article 17 of the Convention as amended; or\n(c)Article 17.1 of the Montreal Convention.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words substituted by S.I. 1977/1251, Sch. 1."
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 3 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by S.I. 2002/263, art. 2(6) (with art. 1(3))"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1846 c. 93."
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C1",
      "text": "S. 3 applied (with modifications) (6.8.2004) by The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1899), arts. 1(2), 7(2), Sch. 2, Sch. 3 (with arts. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C2",
      "text": "S. 3 applied (with modifications) (6.8.2004) by The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004 (S.I. 2004/1899), arts. 1(2), 7(1), Sch. 1 (with arts. 1(3), 3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "C",
      "label": "C3",
      "text": "S. 3 amended with saving by Fatal Accidents Act 1976 (c. 30), s. 7(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "words substituted",
      "affecting": "ukpga/1979/28",
      "affecting_title": "Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/Eliz2/9-10/27/section/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T11:10:25.963794+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}