Explanatory note

The Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 gives effect in the United Kingdom to the Convention signed at Geneva on 19th May 1956 on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road. This Order certifies who are the High Contracting Parties to the Convention and in respect of what territories they are respectively parties. The Order is, except in so far as it may be superseded by a subsequent Order, conclusive evidence of the matters so certified.