Explanatory note

This Order is made under the powers conferred by the Carriage by Air Act 1961 and the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962. The former Act gives effect to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague and the latter Act gives effect to the Guadalajara Convention. The Order extends certain provisions of the two Acts, with adaptations and modifications, and the rules of both Conventions relating to international carriage by air, to the territories mentioned in schedule 3 to the Order.