Explanatory note

This Order amends section 1 of the International Transport Conventions Act 1983 which gives the force of law in the United Kingdom to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail signed on behalf of the United Kingdom on 9th May 1980 (Cm 2312). The Order takes account of amendments to be made by the Protocol adopted by the 2nd General Assembly of the Intergovernmental Organisation for International Carriage by Rail constituted by Article 1 of the Convention. The amendments were adopted under Article 20(1) of the Convention and are not yet in force. Under Article 20(2) of the Convention they will come into force when more than two-thirds of the Member States of the Organisation have ratified, accepted or approved the Protocol. The date when they come into force for the United Kingdom will be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.