Regulation 2 Interpretation

In these Regulations—

In these Regulations—

• “the 1933 Act” means the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933^f1;

• “the 1976 Act” means the Fatal Accidents Act 1976^f2;

• “the committees” means any of the following—

  1. (a)

     the Revision Committee as described in Article 17;

  2. (b)

     the RID Expert Committee as described in Article 18; and

  3. (c)

     the Committee of Technical Experts as described in Article 20;

• “the Convention” means the version of the “Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF^f3) of 9th May 1980” as set out after Article 7 of the Protocol and forming an integral part of the Protocol and comprising—

  1. (a)

     the Convention itself;

  2. (b)

     the Protocol on the Privileges and Immunities of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail referred to in paragraph 4 of Article 1; and

  3. (c)

     Appendices A to G to the Convention, including the Annexes to Appendices C and F;

  as modified in accordance with its provisions from time to time by a decision of one of the committees under paragraph 4, 5 or 6 of Article 33, as the case may be, whether such modification occurs before or after the coming into force of these Regulations; and

• “the Protocol” means the Protocol signed at Vilnius on 3rd June 1999^f4 to modify the “Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9th May 1980”^f5.