means any carriage in which, according to the contract made by the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the carriage or a transhipment, are situated either within the territories of two States Parties to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on behalf of His Majesty on 12th October 1929 as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal 1975, or within the territory of a single such State, if there is an agreed stopping place within the territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of another State, even though
means the English text of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol as set out in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1961, and includes the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention as set out at the end of that Schedule;
means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as it has effect in accordance with the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 as amended by the Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee No. 34/98 of 30th April 1998 and No. 142/2002 of 8th November 2002;
means the English text of the Convention, supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier, as set out in the Schedule to the Act of 1962;
means the English text of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol and as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975 as set out in Schedule 1A to the Act of 1961;... • “the Montreal Convention” means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air done at Montreal on 28 May 1999;
In this Order—• “the Act of 1961” means the Carriage by Air Act 1961;• “the Act of 1962” means the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962;• “the 1955 amended Convention” means the English text of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol as set out in Schedule 1 to the Act of 1961, and includes the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention as set out at the end of that Schedule;• note...• “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council as it has effect in accordance with the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 as amended by the Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee No. 34/98 of 30th April 1998 and No. 142/2002 of 8th November 2002;• “the Guadalajara Convention” means the English text of the Convention, supplementary to the Warsaw Convention, for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier, as set out in the Schedule to the Act of 1962;• “the MP4 Convention” means the English text of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol and as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975 as set out in Schedule 1A to the Act of 1961; note...• “the Montreal Convention” means the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air done at Montreal on 28 May 1999 ; and • “UK air carrier” has the meaning given by Article 2 of the Council Regulation
(2)This Order shall not apply in relation to UK air carriers to the extent that the provisions of the Council Regulation have the force of law in the United Kingdom.
Schedule 1 to this Order shall have effect in respect of carriage to which this Order applies being carriage which is not international carriage as defined in Schedule 2 or Schedule 3.
Article 5International carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention#
(1)Schedule 2 to this Order shall have effect in respect of carriage to which this Order applies, being carriage which is international carriage as defined in that Schedule and not international carriage as defined in Schedule 3.
(2)Section 2 of the Act of 1961 shall apply to such carriage as aforesaid with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:
(a)for “any of the Carriage by Air Conventions” there shall be substituted “ the Warsaw Convention ”;
(b)subsection (1)(b) and (c) shall be omitted;
(c)subsection (1A) shall be omitted;
(d)subsection (2A)(b) and (c) shall be omitted.
(3)Section 5 of the Act of 1961 shall apply to such carriage as aforesaid with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:
(a)for “any of the Carriage by Air Conventions” there shall be substituted “ the Warsaw Convention ”;
(b)subsections (4)(b) and (c) and (5) shall be omitted.
(4)Section 8 of the Act of 1961 shall apply to such carriage as aforesaid with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:
(a)for “a Carriage by Air Convention” there shall be substituted “ the Warsaw Convention ”;
(b)subsections (4)(b) and (c), (5)(b) and (c) and (6)(b) shall be omitted;
(c)in subsection (6) “and the Convention as amended” shall be omitted.
Article 6International carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal, 1975#
(1)Schedule 3 to this Order shall have effect in respect of carriage to which this Order applies, being carriage which is international carriage as defined in that Schedule.
(2)Section 2 of the 1961 Act shall apply to such carriage as aforesaid with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:
(a)for “a Carriage by Air Convention” there shall be substituted “ the Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal 1975 ”;
(b)subsection (1)(b) and (c) shall be omitted;
(c)subsection (1A) shall be omitted;
(d)subsection (2A)(b) and (c) shall be omitted.
(3)Section 5 of the Act of 1961 shall apply to such carriage as aforesaid with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:
(a)for “any of the Carriage by Air Conventions” there shall be substituted “ the Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal 1975 ”;
(b)subsections (4)(b) and (c) and (5) shall be omitted.
(4)Section 8 to the Act of 1961 shall apply to such carriage as aforesaid, with the following exceptions, adaptations and modifications:
(a)for “a Carriage by Air Convention” there shall be substituted “ the Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal 1975 ”;
(b)subsections (4)(b) and (c), (5)(b) and (c) and (6)(b) shall be omitted;
(c)in subsection (6) “and the Convention as amended” shall be omitted.
Article 7Application of certain provisions of the Acts#
(1)Sections 3, 4, 4A, 6, 11 and 12 of the Act of 1961 shall apply to carriage to which Schedule 1 to this Order applies as if the references therein to the Convention and the Convention as amended and articles thereof were omitted and the reference to the Montreal Convention and articles thereof were references to the Montreal Convention and articles thereof as applied by this Order.
(2)Sections 3, 4, 4A, 6, 11 and 12 of the Act of 1961 shall apply to carriage to which Schedules 2 and 3 to this Order apply as if the references therein to the Convention as amended and the Montreal Convention and articles thereof were omitted and the reference to the Convention and articles thereof were references to the 1955 amended Convention and articles thereof as applied by this Order.
(3)Section 3(1) of the Act of 1962 shall apply to carriage to which Schedules 2 and 3 to this Order apply as if the reference therein to article VI in the Schedule to that Act was a reference to that article as applied by this Order.
(1)Subject to paragraph 2, the Acts of 1961 and 1962, and this Order, shall apply to gratuitous carriage by the Crown as they apply to carriage by the Crown for reward.
(2)The Acts of 1961 and 1962, and this Order, shall not apply to gratuitous carriage by the Crown where that carriage is carriage of members of Her Majesty’s naval, military or air forces undertaken during a time of actual or imminent hostilities or of severe international tension or of great national emergency.
(1)This Schedule applies to all carriage of persons, baggage or cargo performed by aircraft for reward. It applies equally to gratuitous carriage by aircraft performed by an air transport undertaking.
(1)This Schedule applies to carriage performed by the State or by legally constituted public bodies provided it falls within the conditions laid down in Article 1.
(2)In the carriage of postal items, the carrier shall be liable only to the relevant postal administration in accordance with the rules applicable to the relationship between the carriers and the postal administrations.
(3)Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this Article, the provisions of this Schedule shall not apply to the carriage of postal items.
(4)This Schedule applies also to carriage as set out in Chapter V, subject to the terms contained therein.
(3)The carrier shall deliver to the passenger a baggage identification tag for each piece of checked baggage.
(5)Non-compliance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs shall not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall, nonetheless be subject to the rules of this Schedule including those relating to limitation of liability.
(1)Subject to the provisions of this Article, the parties to the contract of carriage for cargo may stipulate that any dispute relating to the liability of the carrier under this Schedule shall be settled by arbitration. Such agreement shall be in writing.
(1)The right to damages shall be extinguished if an action is not brought within a period of two years, reckoned from the date of arrival at the destination, or from the date on which the aircraft ought to have arrived, or from the date on which the carriage stopped.
(1)In the case of carriage to be performed by various successive carriers, each carrier which accepts passengers, baggage or cargo is subject to the rules set out in this Schedule and is deemed to be one of the parties to the contract of carriage in so far as the contract deals with that part of the carriage which is performed under its supervision.
(1)The carrier is liable for damage sustained in case of death or bodily injury of a passenger upon condition only that the accident which caused the death or injury took place on board the aircraft or in the course of any of the operations of embarking or disembarking.
(1)The carrier is liable for damage sustained in the event of the destruction or loss of, or damage to, cargo upon condition only that the event which caused the damage so sustained took place during the carriage by air.
(1)For damages arising under paragraph 1 of Article 17 not exceeding 100,000 Special Drawing Rights for each passenger, the carrier shall not be able to exclude or limit its liability.
(1)In the case of damage caused by delay as specified in Article 19 in the carriage of persons, the liability of the carrier for each passenger is limited to 4,150 Special Drawing Rights.
(1)The sums mentioned in terms of Special Drawing Right in this Schedule shall be deemed to refer to the Special Drawing Right as defined by the International Monetary Fund. Conversion of the sums into national currencies shall, in case of judicial proceedings, be made according to the value of such currencies in terms of the Special Drawing Right at the date of the judgement.
(1)If an action is brought against a servant or agent of the carrier arising out of damage to which the Schedule relates, such servant or agent, if they prove that they acted within the scope of their employment, shall be entitled to avail themselves of the conditions and limits of liability which the carrier itself is entitled to invoke under this Schedule.
(1)Receipt by the person entitled to delivery of checked baggage or cargo without complaint is prima facie evidence that the same has been delivered in good condition.
(2)In the case of carriage of this nature, the passenger or any person entitled to compensation in respect of him or her can take action only against the carrier which performed the carriage during which the accident or the delay occurred, save in the case where, by express agreement, the first carrier has assumed liability for the whole journey.
(2)The carrier is liable for damage sustained in case of destruction or loss of, or of damage to, checked baggage upon condition only that the event which caused the destruction, loss or damage took place on board the aircraft or during any period within which the checked baggage was in the charge of the carrier. However, the carrier is not liable if and to the extent that the damage resulted from the inherent defect, quality or vice of the baggage. In the case of unchecked baggage, including personal items, the carrier is liable if the damage resulted from its fault or that of its servants or agents.
(2)However, the carrier is not liable if and to the extent it proves that the destruction, or loss of, or damage to, the cargo resulted from one or more of the following:
(a)inherent defect, quality or vice of that cargo;
(b)defective packing of that cargo performed by a person other than the carrier or its servants or agents;
(c)an act of war or an armed conflict;
(d)an act of public authority carried out in connection with the entry, exit or transit of the cargo.
(2)The carrier shall not be liable for damages arising under paragraph 1 of Article 17 to the extent that they exceed for each passenger 100,000 Special Drawing Rights if the carrier proves that:
(a)such damage was not due to the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of the carrier or its servants or agents; or
(b)such damage was solely due to the negligence or other wrongful act or ommission of a third party.
(2)In the carriage of baggage, the liability of the carrier in the case of destruction, loss, damage or delay is limited to 1,000 Special Drawing Rights for each passenger unless the passenger has made, at the time when the checked baggage was handed over to the carrier, a special declaration of interest in delivery at destination and has paid a supplementary sum if the case so requires. In that case the carrier will be liable to pay a sum not exceeding the declared sum, unless it proves that the sum is greater than the passenger’s actual interest in delivery at destination.
(2)The value on a particular day of one Special Drawing Right shall be treated as equal to such a sum in sterling as the International Monetary Fund have fixed as being the equivalent of one Special Drawing Right—
(a)for that day; or
(b)if no sum has been fixed for that day, for the last day before that day for which a sum has been so fixed.
(2)The aggregate of the amounts recoverable from the carrier, its servants and agents, in that case, shall not exceed the said limits.
(2)In the case of damage, the person entitled to delivery must complain to the carrier forthwith after the discovery of the damage, and, at the latest, within seven days from the date of receipt in the case of checked baggage and fourteen days from the date of receipt in the case of cargo. In the case of delay, the complaint must be made at the latest within twenty-one days from the date on which the baggage or cargo have been placed at his or her disposal.
(2)The method of calculating that period shall be determined by the law of the court seised of the case.
(3)As regards baggage or cargo, the passenger or consignor will have a right of action against the first carrier, and the passenger or consignee who is entitled to delivery will have a right of action against the last carrier, and further, each may take action against the carrier which performed the carriage during which the destruction, loss, damage or delay took place. These carriers will be jointly and severally liable to the passenger or to the consignor or consignee.
(3)If the carrier admits the loss of the checked baggage, or if the checked baggage has not arrived at the expiration of twenty-one days after the date on which it ought to have arrived, the passenger is entitled to enforce against the carrier the rights which flow from the contract of carriage.
(3)The carriage by air within the meaning of paragraph 1 of this Article comprises the period during which the cargo is in the charge of the carrier.
(3)In the carriage of cargo, the liability of the carrier in the case of destruction, loss, damage or delay is limited to a sum of 17 Special Drawing Rights per kilogramme, unless the consignor has made, at the time when the package was handed over to the carrier, a special declaration of interest in delivery at destination and has paid a supplementary sum if the case so requires. In that case the carrier will be liable to pay a sum not exceeding the declared sum, unless it proves that the sum is greater than the consignor’s actual interest in delivery at destination.
(3)A certificate given by or on behalf of the Treasury stating—
(a)that a particular sum in sterling has been fixed by the International Monetary Fund as referred to in paragraph 2 for a particular day; or
(b)that no sum has been so fixed for a particular day and that a particular sum in sterling has been so fixed for a day which is the last day for which a sum has been so fixed before the particular day,
shall be conclusive evidence of those matters for the purposes of this article; and a document purporting to be such a certificate shall in any proceedings be received in evidence and, unless the contrary is proved, be deemed to be such a certificate.
(3)Save in respect of the carriage of cargo, the provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply if it is proved that the damage resulted from an act or omission of the servant or agent done with intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result.
(3)Every complaint must be made in writing and given or dispatched within the times aforesaid.
(3)The arbitrator or arbitration tribunal shall apply the provisions of this Schedule.
(4)Unless otherwise specified, in this Schedule the term “baggage” means both checked baggage and unchecked baggage.
(4)The period of the carriage by air does not extend to any carriage by land, by sea or by inland waterway performed outside an airport. If, however, such carriage takes place in the performance of a contract for carriage by air, for the purpose of loading, delivery or transhipment, any damage is presumed, subject to proof to the contrary, to have been the result of an event which took place during the carriage by air. If a carrier, without the consent of the consignor, substitutes carriage by another mode of transport for the whole or part of a carriage intended by the agreement between the parties to be carriage by air, such carriage by another mode of transport is deemed to be within the period of carriage by air.
(4)In the case of destruction, loss, damage or delay of part of the cargo, or of any object contained therein, the weight to be taken into consideration in determining the amount to which the carrier’s liability is limited shall be only the total weight of the package or packages concerned. Nevertheless, when the destruction, loss, damage or delay of a part of the cargo, or of an object contained therein, affects the value of other packages covered by the same air waybill, or the same receipt or, if they were not issued, by the same record preserved by the other means referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 4, the total weight of such package or packages shall also be taken into consideration in determining the limit of liability.
(4)If no complaint is made within the times aforesaid, no action shall lie against the carrier, save in the case of fraud on its part.
(4)The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article shall be deemed to be part of every arbitration clause or agreement, and any term of such clause or agreement which is inconsistent therewith shall be null and void.
(5)The foregoing provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this Article shall not apply if it is proved that the damage resulted from an act or omission of the carrier, its servants or agents, done with intent to cause damage or recklessly and with knowledge that damage would probably result; provided that, in the case of such act or omission of a servant or agent, it is also proved that such servant or agent was acting within the scope of its employment.
(6)The limits prescribed in Article 21 and in this Article shall not prevent the court from awarding, in accordance with its own law, in addition, the whole or part of the court costs and of the other expenses of the litigation incurred by the plaintiff, including interest. The foregoing provision shall not apply if the amount of the damages awarded, excluding court costs and other expenses of the litigation, does not exceed the sum which the carrier has offered in writing to the plaintiff within a period of six months from the date of the occurrence causing the damage, or before the commencement of the action, if that is later.
(1)In the case of combined carriage performed partly by air and partly by any other mode of carriage, the provisions of this Schedule shall, subject to paragraph 4 of Article 18, apply only to the carriage by air, provided that the carriage by air falls within the terms of Article 1.
(2)Nothing in this Schedule shall prevent the parties in the case of combined carriage from inserting in the document of air carriage conditions relating to other modes of carriage, provided that the provisions of this Schedule are observed as regards the carriage by air.
(1)The acts and omissions of the actual carrier and of its servants and agents acting within the scope of their employment shall, in relation to the carriage performed by the actual carrier, be deemed to be also those of the contracting carrier.
(2)The acts and omissions of the contracting carrier and of its servants and agents acting within the scope of their employment shall, in relation to the carriage performed by the actual carrier, be deemed to be also those of the actual carrier. Nevertheless, no such act or omission shall subject the actual carrier to liability exceeding the amounts referred to in Articles 21, 22, 23 and 24. Any special agreement under which the contracting carrier assumes obligations not imposed by this Schedule or any waiver of rights or defences conferred by this Schedule or any special declaration of interest in delivery at destination contemplated in Article 22 shall not affect the actual carrier unless agreed to by it.
(2)For the purposes of Article 5 of this Order and of this Schedule “international carriage” shall have the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3(2) of this part of this Schedule.
(1)For “Convention”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “ Schedule ”.
(2)For Article 1(2) there shall be substituted the following—““International carriage” means any carriage in which, according to the contract made by the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the carriage or a transhipment, are situated either within the territories of two States Parties to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on behalf of His Majesty on 12th October 1929, or within the territory of a single such State, if there is an agreed stopping place within the territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of another State, even though that State is not a party to the said Convention of 1929.”
(3)The following shall be substituted for Article 1(3)—“3 A carriage to be performed by several successive air carriers is deemed for the purposes of this schedule, to be one undivided carriage, if it has been regarded by the parties as a single operation, whether it had been agreed upon under the form of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it does not lose its international character merely because one contract or a series of contracts is to be performed entirely within a territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of the same High Contracting Party.”
(4)The following shall be substituted for Article 2—“1 This Schedule applies to carriage performed by the State, not being a State which has availed itself of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention, or by legally constituted public bodies, provided it falls within the conditions laid down in Article 1.2 This Schedule does not apply to carriage performed under the terms of any international postal Convention.”
(5)The following shall be substituted for Article 3—“1 For the carriage of passengers the carrier must deliver a passenger ticket which shall contain the following particulars—a the place and date of issue;b the place of departure and of destination;c the agreed stopping places, provided that the carrier may reserve the right to alter the stopping places in case of necessity, and that if he exercises that right, the alteration shall not have the effect of depriving the carriage of its international character;d the name and address of the carrier or carriers;e a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention.2 The absence, irregularity or loss of the passenger ticket does not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall none the less be subject to the rules of this Schedule. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts a passenger without a passenger ticket having been delivered he shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.”
(6)The following shall be substituted for Article 4—“1 For the carriage of baggage, other than small personal objects of which the passenger takes charge himself, the carrier must deliver a baggage check.2 The baggage check shall be made out in duplicate, one part for the passenger and the other part for the carrier.3 The baggage check shall contain the following particulars—a the place and date of issue;b the place of departure and of destination;c the name and address of the carrier or carriers;d the number of the passenger ticket;e a statement that delivery of the baggage will be made to the bearer of the baggage check;f the number and weight of the packages;g the amount of the value declared in accordance with Article 22(2);h a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention.4 The absence, irregularity or loss of the baggage check does not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall none the less be subject to the rules of this Schedule. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts baggage without a baggage check having been delivered, or if the baggage check does not contain the particulars set out at (d), (f) and (h) above, the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability”
(7)The following shall be substituted for Article 6(3)—“3 The carrier shall sign on acceptance of the cargo.”
(8)The following shall be substituted for Article 8—“The air waybill shall contain the following particulars— a the place and date of its execution;b the place of departure and of destination;c the agreed stopping places, provided that the carrier may reserve the right to alter the stopping places in case of necessity, and that if he exercises that right the alteration shall not have the effect of depriving the carriage of its international character;d the name and address of the consignor;e the name and address of the first carrier;f the name and address of the consignee, if the case so requires;g the nature of the cargo;h the number of the packages, the method of packing and the particular marks or numbers upon them;i the weight, the quantity and the volume or dimensions of the cargo;j the apparent condition of the cargo and of the packing;k the freight, if it has been agreed upon, the date and place of payment, and the person who is to pay it;l if the cargo is sent for payment of delivery, the price of the cargo, and, if the case so requires, the amount of the expenses incurred;m the amount of the value declared in accordance with Article 22 (2);n the number of parts of the air waybill;o the documents handed to the carrier to accompany the air waybill;p the time fixed for the completion of the carriage and a brief note of the route to be followed, if these matters have been agreed upon;q a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention.”
(9)The following shall be substituted for Article 9— “ If the carrier accepts cargo without an air waybill having been made out or if the air waybill does not contain all the particulars set out in Article 8 (a) to (i) inclusive and (q), the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability. ”.
(10)The following shall be substituted for Article 10(2)—“2 The consignor will be liable for all damage suffered by the carrier or any other person by reason of the irregularity, incorrectness or incompleteness of the said particulars and statements.”
(11)Article 15 (3) shall not apply.
(12)The following shall be inserted as Article 20(2):“2 In the carriage of cargo and baggage the carrier is not liable if he proves that the damage was occasioned by negligent pilotage or negligence in the handling of the aircraft or in navigation and that, in all other respects, he and his servants or agents have taken all necessary measures to avoid the damage.”
(13)The following shall be substituted for Article 22—“1 In the carriage of passengers the liability of the carrier for each passenger is limited to the sum of 125,000 francs. Where, in accordance with the law of the Court seised of the case, damages may be awarded in the form of periodical payments, the equivalent capital value of the said payments shall not exceed 125,000 francs. Nevertheless, by special contract, the carrier and the passenger may agree to a higher limit of liability.2 In the carriage of registered baggage and of cargo, the liability of the carrier is limited to a sum of 250 francs per kilogramme, unless the consignor has made, at the time when the package was handed over to the carrier, a special declaration of the value at delivery and has paid a supplementary sum if the case so requires. In that case the carrier will be liable to pay a sum not exceeding the declared sum, unless he proves that that sum is greater than the actual value to the consignor at delivery.3 As regards objects of which the passenger takes charge himself the liability of the carrier is limited to 5,000 francs per passenger.4 The sums mentioned above shall be deemed to refer to the French franc consisting of 65 milligrammes gold of millesimal fineness 900. These sums may be converted into any national currency in round figures.”
(14)Article 23 (2) shall not apply.
(15)The following shall be substituted for Article 25—“1 The carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability, if the damage is caused by his wilful misconduct or by such default on his part as, in accordance with the law of the court seised of the case, is considered to be equivalent to wilful misconduct.2 Similarly the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the said provisions, if the damage is caused as aforesaid by any servant or agent of the carrier acting within the scope of his employment.”
(16)Article 25A shall not apply.
(17)The following shall be substituted for Article 26(2)—“2 In the case of damage, the person entitled to delivery must complain to the carrier forthwith after the discovery of the damage, and, at the latest, within three days from the date of receipt in the case of baggage and seven days from the date of receipt in the case of cargo. In the case of delay the complaint must be made at the latest within fourteen days from the date on which the baggage or cargo has been placed at his disposal.”
(18)In Article 28 (1), after “High Contracting Parties” there shall be added “ to the Warsaw Convention ”.
(19)The following shall be substituted for Article 34— “ This Schedule does not apply to international carriage by air performed by way of experimental trial by air navigation undertakings with the view to the establishment of a regular line of air navigation, nor does it apply to carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances outside the normal scope of an air carrier’s business. ”.
(1)For “this Convention” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “ the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule ”.
(2)In Article 1, the following shall be added as paragraph (a)—““the Warsaw Convention” means the 1955 amended Convention as applied by this Schedule.”
(1)The acts and omissions of the actual carrier and of his servants and agents acting within the scope of their employment shall, in relation to the carriage performed by the actual carrier, be deemed to be also those of the contracting carrier.
(1)Any contractual provision tending to relieve the contracting carrier or the actual carrier of liability under the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule or to fix a lower limit than that which is applicable according to the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule shall be null and void, but the nullity of any such provision does not involve the nullity of the whole agreement, which shall remain subject to the provisions of the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule.
(2)The acts and omissions of the contracting carrier and of his servants and agents acting within the scope of their employment shall, in relation to the carriage performed by the actual carrier, be deemed to be also those of the actual carrier. Nevertheless, no such act or omission shall subject the actual carrier to liability exceeding the limits specified in Article 22 of the Warsaw Convention. Any special agreement under which the contracting carrier assumes obligations not imposed by the Warsaw Convention or any waiver of rights conferred by that Convention or any special declaration of interest in delivery at destination contemplated in Article 22 of the said Convention, shall not affect the actual carrier unless agreed to by him.
(2)In respect of the carriage performed by the actual carrier, the preceding paragraph shall not apply to contractual provisions governing loss or damage resulting from the inherent defect, quality or vice of the cargo carried.
(3)Any clause contained in an agreement for carriage and all special agreements entered into before the damage occurred by which the parties purport to infringe the rules laid down by the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule, whether by deciding the law to be applied, or by altering the rules as to jurisdiction, shall be null and void. Nevertheless, for the carriage of cargo arbitration clauses are allowed, subject to the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule, if the arbitration is to take place in one of the jurisdictions referred to in Article VIII.
(1)The 1955 amended Convention1 and the Guadalajara Convention shall apply in respect of carriage which is “international carriage” as defined in paragraph 2 of this part of this Schedule, with the exceptions, adaptations and modifications set forth in paragraphs 3 and 4.
(2)For the purposes of Article 6 of this Order and of this Schedule “international carriage” shall have the meaning assigned to it by paragraph 3(2) of this part of this Schedule.
(1)For “Convention”, wherever it appears, there shall be substituted “ Schedule ”.
(2)The following shall be substituted for Article 1(2)—“2 “International carriage” means any carriage in which, according to the contract made by the parties, the place of departure and the place of destination, whether or not there be a break in the carriage or a transhipment, are situated either within the territories of two States Parties to the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air signed at Warsaw on behalf of His Majesty on 12th October 1929 as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal 1975, or within the territory of a single such State, if there is an agreed stopping place within the territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of another State, even though that State is not a party to the said Convention of 1929 as so amended.”
(3)The following shall be substituted for Article 1(3)—“3 A carriage to be performed by several successive air carriers is deemed for the purposes of this Schedule, to be one undivided carriage, if it has been regarded by the parties as a single operation, whether it had been agreed upon under the form of a single contract or of a series of contracts, and it does not lose its international character merely because one contract or a series of contracts is to be performed entirely within a territory subject to the sovereignty, suzerainty, mandate or authority of the same High Contracting Party.”
(4)The following shall be substituted for Article 2—“1 This Schedule applies to carriage performed by the State, not being a State which has availed itself of the Additional Protocol to the Warsaw Convention, or by legally constituted public bodies, provided it falls within the conditions laid down in Article 1.2 This Schedule does not apply to carriage performed under the terms of any international postal Convention.”
(5)The following shall be substituted for Article 3—“1 For the carriage of passengers the carrier must deliver a passenger ticket which shall contain the following particulars—a the place and date of issue;b the place of departure and of destination;c the agreed stopping places, provided that the carrier may reserve the right to alter the stopping places in case of necessity, and that if he exercises that right, the alteration shall not have the effect of depriving the carriage of its international character;d the name and address of the carrier or carriers;e a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention.2 The absence, irregularity or loss of the passenger ticket does not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall none the less be subject to the rules of this Schedule. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts a passenger without a passenger ticket having been delivered he shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.”
(6)The following shall be substituted for Article 4—“1 For the carriage of baggage, other than small personal objects of which the passenger takes charge himself, the carrier must deliver a baggage check.2 The baggage check shall be made out in duplicate, one part for the passenger and the other part for the carrier.3 The baggage check shall contain the following particulars—a the place and date of issue;b the place of departure and of destination;c the name and address of the carrier or carriers;d the number of the passenger ticket;e a statement that delivery of the baggage will be made to the bearer of the baggage check;f the number and weight of the packages;g the amount of the value declared in accordance with Article 22(2);h a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention.4 The absence, irregularity or loss of the baggage check does not affect the existence or the validity of the contract of carriage, which shall none the less be subject to the rules of this Schedule. Nevertheless, if the carrier accepts baggage without a baggage check having been delivered, or if the baggage check does not contain the particulars set out at (d), (f) and (h) above, the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of those provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.”
(7)The following shall be substituted for Article 6(3)—“3 The carrier shall sign on acceptance of the cargo.”
(8)The following shall be substituted for Article 8—“The air waybill shall contain the following particulars—a the place and date of its execution;b the place of departure and of destination;c the agreed stopping places, provided that the carrier may reserve the right to alter the stopping places in case of necessity, and that if he exercises that right the alteration shall not have the effect of depriving the carriage of its international character;d the name and address of the consignor;e the name and address of the first carrier;f the name and address of the consignee, if the case so requires;g the nature of the cargo;h the number of the packages, the method of packing and the particular marks or numbers upon them;i the weight, the quantity and the volume or dimensions of the cargo;j the apparent condition of the cargo and of the packing;k the freight, if it has been agreed upon, the date and place of payment, and the person who is to pay it;l if the cargo is sent for payment on delivery, the price of the cargo, and, if the case so requires, the amount of the expenses incurred;m the amount of the value declared in accordance with Article 22(2);n the number of parts of the air waybill;o the documents handed to the carrier to accompany the air waybill;p the time fixed for the completion of the carriage and a brief note of the route to be followed, if these matters have been agreed upon;q a statement that the carriage is subject to the rules relating to liability established by the Warsaw Convention.”
(9)The following shall be substituted for Article 9—“If the carrier accepts cargo without an air waybill having been made out, or if the air waybill does not contain all the particulars set out in Article 8 (a) to (i) inclusive and (q), the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability.”
(10)The following shall be substituted for Article 10(2)—“2 The consignor will be liable for all damage suffered by the carrier or any other person by reason of the irregularity, incorrectness or incompleteness of the said particulars and statements.”
(11)Article 15(3) shall not apply.
(12)The following shall be substituted for Article 20(2)—“2 In the carriage of cargo and baggage the carrier is not liable if he proves that the damage was occasioned by negligent pilotage or negligence in the handling of the aircraft or in navigation and that, in all other respects, he and his servants or agents have taken all necessary measures to avoid the damage.”
(13)The following shall be substituted for Article 22—“1 In the carriage of passengers the liability of the carrier for each passenger is limited to the sum of 8,300 Special Drawing Rights. Where, in accordance with the law of the court seised of the case, damages may be awarded in the form of periodic payments, the equivalent capital value of the said payments shall not exceed this limit. Nevertheless, by special contract, the carrier and the passenger may agree to a high limit of liability.2 In the carriage of registered baggage and of cargo, the liability of the carrier is limited to a sum of 17 Special Drawing Rights per kilogramme, unless the consignor has made, at the time when the package was handed over to the carrier, a special declaration of interest in delivery at destination and has paid a supplementary sum if the case so requires. In that case the carrier will be liable to pay a sum not exceeding the declared sum, unless he proves that the sum is greater than the consignor’s actual interest in delivery at destination.3 As regards objects of which the passenger takes charge himself the liability of the carrier is limited to 332 Special Drawing Rights per passenger.4 The sums mentioned in terms of the Special Drawing Right in this Article shall be deemed to refer to the Special Drawing Right as defined by the International Monetary Fund. Conversion of the sums into national currencies shall, in case of judicial proceedings, be made according to the value of such currencies in terms of the Special Drawing Right at the date of the judgement. The value of a national currency, in terms of the Special Drawing Right, of a High Contracting Party which is a Member of the International Monetary Fund, shall be calculated in accordance with the method of valuation applied by the International Monetary Fund, in effect at the date of the judgement, for its operations and transactions. The value of a national currency, in terms of the Special Drawing Right, of a High Contracting Party which is not a Member of the International Monetary Fund, shall be calculated in a manner determined by that High Contracting Party.Nevertheless, those States which are not Members of the International Monetary Fund and whose law does not permit the application of the provisions of paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of Article 22 may at the time of ratification or accession or at any time thereafter declare that the limit of liability of the carrier in judicial proceedings in their territories is fixed at a sum of 125,000 monetary units per passenger with respect to paragraph 1 of Article 22; 250 monetary units per kilogramme with respect to paragraph 2 of Article 22; and 5,000 monetary units per passenger with respect to paragraph 3 of Article 22. This monetary unit corresponds to sixty-five and a half milligrammes of gold of millesimal fineness nine hundred. These sums may be converted into the national currency concerned in round figures. The conversion of these sums into national currency shall be made according to the law of the State concerned.”
(14)Article 23(2) shall not apply.
(15)The following shall be substituted for Article 25—“1 The carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the provisions of this Schedule which exclude or limit his liability, if the damage is caused by his wilful misconduct or by such default on his part as, in accordance with the law of the court seised of the case, is considered to be equivalent to wilful misconduct.2 Similarly the carrier shall not be entitled to avail himself of the said provisions, if the damage is caused as aforesaid by any servant or agent of the carrier acting within the scope of his employment.”
(16)Article 25A shall not apply.
(17)The following shall be substituted for Article 26(2)—“2 In the case of damage, the person entitled to delivery must complain to the carrier forthwith after the discovery of the damage, and, at the latest, within three days from the date of receipt in the case of baggage and seven days from the date of receipt in the case of cargo. In the case of delay the complaint must be made at the latest within fourteen days from the date on which the baggage or cargo has been placed at his disposal.”
(18)In Article 28(1), after “High Contracting Parties” there shall be added “ to the Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal 1975 ”.
(19)The following shall be substituted for Article 34—“This Schedule does not apply to international carriage by air performed by way of experimental trial by air navigation undertakings with the view to the establishment of a regular line of air navigation, nor does it apply to carriage performed in extraordinary circumstances outside the normal scope of an air carrier’s business.”
(1)For “this Convention” wherever it appears there shall be substituted “ the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule ”.
(2)In Article 1, the following shall be added as paragraph (a)—““the Warsaw Convention” means the 1955 amended Convention as applied by this Schedule.”
(1)The acts and omissions of the actual carrier and of his servants and agents acting within the scope of their employment shall, in relation to the carriage performed by the actual carrier, be deemed to be also those of the contracting carrier.
(1)Any contractual provision tending to relieve the contracting carrier or the actual carrier of liability under the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule or to fix a lower limit than that which is applicable according to the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule shall be null and void, but the nullity of any such provision does not involve the nullity of the whole agreement, which shall remain subject to the provisions of the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule.
(2)The acts and omissions of the contracting carrier and of his servants and agents acting within the scope of their employment shall, in relation to the carriage performed by the actual carrier, be deemed to be also those of the actual carrier. Nevertheless, no such act or omission shall subject the actual carrier to liability exceeding the limits specified in Article 22 of the Warsaw Convention. Any special agreement under which the contracting carrier assumes obligations not imposed by the Warsaw Convention or any waiver of rights conferred by that Convention or any special declaration of interest in delivery at destination contemplated in Article 22 of the said Convention, shall not affect the actual carrier unless agreed to by him.
(2)In respect of the carriage performed by the actual carrier, the preceding paragraph shall not apply to contractual provisions governing loss or damage resulting from the inherent defect, quality or vice of the cargo carried.
(3)Any clause contained in an agreement for carriage and all special agreements entered into before the damage occurred by which the parties purport to infringe the rules laid down by the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule, whether by deciding the law to be applied or by altering the rules as to jurisdiction, shall be null and void. Nevertheless, for the carriage of cargo arbitration clauses are allowed, subject to the Guadalajara Convention as applied by this Schedule, if the arbitration is to take place in one of the jurisdictions referred to in Article VIII.