Explanatory note

The Carriage by Air Act 1961, as amended by the Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 1999, gives effect in the United Kingdom to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, relating to international carriage by air.

Under section 2(1) of the Act, as amended, Her Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time certify, among other things, who are the High Contracting Parties to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, and such an Order is conclusive evidence of the matters so certified. This Order certifies those Parties.