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The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004

S.I. 2004/1899 · Made 27 July 2004 · Extends to United Kingdom

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CIVIL AVIATION

Made 27th July 2004

Coming into force 6th August 2004

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 27th day of July 2004

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, in accordance with section 10 of the Carriage by Air Act 1961 M1;

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 10 of the Carriage by Air Act 1961, and of that section as applied by section 5(2) of the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 M2 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Marginal citations

M1

1961 c. 27. The relevant amendment to section 10 is set out in S.I. 2002/263.

M2

1962 c. 43.

Contents

  1. 1Citation, commencement and effect
  2. 2Interpretation
  3. 3Application
  4. 4Non-international carriage
  5. 5International carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention
  6. 6International carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal, 1975
  7. 7Application of certain provisions of the Acts
  8. 8Gratuitous carriage by the Crown
  9. 9Revocation
  10. Signature
  11. Schedule 1: NON-INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE
  12. Part I—: APPLICATION OF THE MONTREAL CONVENTION
  13. Paragraph
  14. Part II
  15. Paragraph
  16. Part: Non-international carriage
  17. Chapter I: General Provisions
  18. 1Article 1—Scope of Application
  19. 4Paragraph 4
  20. 1Article 2—Carriage Performed by State and Carriage of Postal Items
  21. 2Paragraph 2
  22. 3Paragraph 3
  23. Chapter II: Documentation and Duties of the Parties relating to the Carriage of Passengers, Baggage and Cargo
  24. 3Article 3—Passengers and Baggage
  25. 5Paragraph 5
  26. Chapter III: Liability of the Carrier and Extent of Compensation for Damage
  27. 1Article 17—Death and Injury of Passengers—Damage to Baggage
  28. 2Paragraph 2
  29. 3Paragraph 3
  30. 4Paragraph 4
  31. 1Article 18—Damage to Cargo
  32. 2Paragraph 2
  33. 3Paragraph 3
  34. 4Paragraph 4
  35. Article 19—Delay
  36. Article 20—Exoneration
  37. 1Article 21—Compensation in Case of Death or Injury of Passengers
  38. 2Paragraph 2
  39. 1Article 22—Limits of Liability in Relation to Delay, Baggage and Cargo
  40. 2Paragraph 2
  41. 3Paragraph 3
  42. 4Paragraph 4
  43. 5Paragraph 5
  44. 6Paragraph 6
  45. 1Article 23—Conversion of Monetary Units
  46. 2Paragraph 2
  47. 3Paragraph 3
  48. Article 25—Stipulation on Limits
  49. Article 26—Invalidity of Contractual Provisions
  50. Article 27—Freedom to Contract
  51. Article 28—Advance Payments
  52. Article 29—Basis of Claims
  53. 1Article 30—Servants, Agents—Aggregation of Claims
  54. 2Paragraph 2
  55. 3Paragraph 3
  56. 1Article 31—Timely Notice of Complaints
  57. 2Paragraph 2
  58. 3Paragraph 3
  59. 4Paragraph 4
  60. Article 32—Death of Person Liable
  61. 1Article 34—Arbitration
  62. 3Paragraph 3
  63. 4Paragraph 4
  64. 1Article 35—Limitation of Actions
  65. 2Paragraph 2
  66. 1Article 36—Successive Carriage
  67. 2Paragraph 2
  68. 3Paragraph 3
  69. Article 37—Right of Recourse against Third Parties
  70. Chapter IV: Combined Carriage
  71. 1Article 38—Combined Carriage
  72. 2Paragraph 2
  73. Chapter V: Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier
  74. Article 39—Contracting Carrier—Actual Carrier
  75. Article 40—Respective Liability of Contracting and Actual Carriers
  76. 1Article 41—Mutual Liability
  77. 2Paragraph 2
  78. Article 42—Addressee of Complaints and Instructions
  79. Article 43—Servants and Agents
  80. Article 44—Aggregation of Damages
  81. Article 45—Addressee of Claims
  82. Article 47—Invalidity of Contractual Provisions
  83. Article 48—Mutual Relations of Contracting and Actual Carriers
  84. Chapter VI: Other Provisions
  85. Article 49—Mandatory Application
  86. Article 52—Definition of Days
  87. Schedule 2: INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE UNAMENDED WARSAW CONVENTION
  88. Part I
  89. 1Paragraph 1
  90. 2Paragraph 2
  91. 3Paragraph 3
  92. 4Paragraph 4
  93. Part II
  94. Paragraph
  95. Paragraph
  96. Part: International Carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention
  97. Chapter I: Scope—Definitions
  98. Article 1
  99. Article 2
  100. Chapter II: Documents of Carriage
  101. Section I—Passenger, Ticket
  102. Article 3
  103. Section 2—Baggage Check
  104. Article 4
  105. Section 3—Air Waybill
  106. Article 5
  107. Article 6
  108. Article 7
  109. Article 8
  110. Article 9
  111. Article 10
  112. Article 11
  113. Article 12
  114. Article 13
  115. Article 14
  116. Article 15
  117. Article 16
  118. Chapter III: Liability of the Carrier
  119. Article 17
  120. Article 18
  121. Article 19
  122. Article 20
  123. Article 21
  124. Article 22
  125. Article 23
  126. Article 24
  127. Article 25
  128. Article 26
  129. Article 27
  130. Article 28
  131. Article 29
  132. Article 30
  133. Chapter IV: Provisions Relating to Combined Carriage
  134. Article 31
  135. Chapter V: General and Final Provisions
  136. Article 32
  137. Article 33
  138. Article 34
  139. Article 35
  140. ADDITIONAL PROTOCAL TO THE WARSAW CONVENTION
  141. Paragraph
  142. Paragraph
  143. INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE UNAMENDED WARSAW CONVENTION
  144. Article I
  145. Article II
  146. 1Article III
  147. 2Paragraph 2
  148. Article IV
  149. Article V
  150. Article VI
  151. Article VII
  152. Article VIII
  153. 1Article IX
  154. 2Paragraph 2
  155. 3Paragraph 3
  156. Article X
  157. Schedule 3: INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE WARSAW CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL NO. 1 OF MONTREAL 1975
  158. Part I
  159. 1Paragraph 1
  160. 2Paragraph 2
  161. 3Paragraph 3
  162. 4Paragraph 4
  163. Chapter PART II
  164. Paragraph
  165. Paragraph
  166. International Carriage under the unamended, Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. I of Montreal 1975
  167. Chapter 1: Scope–Definitions
  168. Article 1
  169. Article 2
  170. Chapter II: Documents of Carriage
  171. PASSENGER TICKET
  172. Article 3
  173. Chapter Section 2: BAGGAGE CHECK
  174. Article 4
  175. Chapter Section 3: AIR WAYBILL
  176. Article 5
  177. Article 6
  178. Article 7
  179. Article 8
  180. Article 9
  181. Article 10
  182. Article 11
  183. Article 12
  184. Article 13
  185. Article 14
  186. Article 15
  187. Article 16
  188. Chapter III: Liability of the Carrier
  189. Article 17
  190. Article 18
  191. Article 19
  192. Article 20
  193. Article 21
  194. Article 22
  195. Article 23
  196. Article 24
  197. Article 25
  198. Article 26
  199. Article 27
  200. Article 28
  201. Article 29
  202. Article 30
  203. Chapter IV: Provisions Relating to Combined Carriage
  204. Article 31
  205. Chapter V: General and Final Provisions
  206. Article 32
  207. Article 33
  208. Article 34
  209. Article 35
  210. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE WARSAW CONVENTION
  211. Paragraph
  212. Chapter INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE UNAMENDED WARSAW
  213. Article I
  214. Article II
  215. 1Article III
  216. 2Paragraph 2
  217. Article IV
  218. Article V
  219. Article VI
  220. Article VII
  221. Article VIII
  222. 1Article IX
  223. 2Paragraph 2
  224. 3Paragraph 3
  225. Article X
  226. Schedule 4ORDERS REVOKED
  227. Explanatory note