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Section 6 Contributory negligence.C1C2

United Kingdom

F1(1)

It is hereby declared that for the purposes of F2the provisions mentioned in subsection (2) the M1Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 (including that Act as applied to Scotland), and section two of the M2Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act (Northern Ireland) 1948, are provisions of the law of the United Kingdom under which a court may exonerate the carrier wholly or partly from his liability.

F3(2)

The provisions are—

(a)

Article 21 of the Convention;

(b)

Article 21 of the Convention as amended; and

(c)

Article 20 of the Montreal Convention.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

S. 6: the existing provision becomes subsection (1) (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by S.I. 2002/263, art. 2(18)(a) (with art. 1(3))

F2

Words in s. 6 substituted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by S.I. 2002/263, art. 2(18)(b) (with art. 1(3))

F3

S. 6(2) inserted (coming into force in accordance with art. 1(2)) by S.I. 2002/263, art. 2(19) (with art. 1(3))

Marginal citations

M1

1945 c. 28.

M2

1948 c. 23 (N.I.)

Modifications

C1

S. 6 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)

C2

S. 6 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)