Explanatory note

This Order brings into force on 22nd October 1998 section 3(1) of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (power to make an Order in Council to make exceptions, adaptations and modifications to the Carriage by Air Act 1961^f1, the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962^f2 and section 5(1) of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979^f3 in consequence of the United Kingdom agreeing to an amendment to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955). This Order is necessary to allow implementation in the UK of Montreal Additional Protocol No. 4, 1975.