# The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005, Regulation 2: Interpretation


(1) In these Regulations—
(a) except where the context otherwise requires a reference to an Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Convention and a reference to a paragraph of an Article shall be construed accordingly; and
(b) an expression used in these Regulations and in the Convention has the same meaning as in the Convention.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the 1933 Act” means the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933;
“the 1976 Act” means the Fatal Accidents Act 1976;
“the committees” means any of the following—
(a) the Revision Committee as described in Article 17;
(b) the RID Expert Committee as described in Article 18; and
(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) of 9th May 1980” as set out after Article 7 of the Protocol and forming an integral part of the Protocol and comprising—
(a) the Convention itself;
(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
(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 to modify the “Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail (COTIF) of 9th May 1980”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2005/0110729609/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-railways-convention-on-international-carriage-by-rail-regulations-2005/regulation-2
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