http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1979/28/section/3Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979An Act to enable effect to be given to provisions of certain protocols signed at Montreal on 25th September 1975 which further amend the convention relating to carriage by air known as the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague 1955; to modify article 26(2) of the said convention both as in force apart from those protocols and as in force by virtue of them; to provide for the amendment of certain Acts relating to carriage by air or road in consequence of the revision of relevant conventions; and to replace references to gold francs in the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 and the Carriage of Passengers by Road Act 1974 by references to special drawing rights.1979-05-31texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2016-02-25Expert Participation2004-07-22 Amendment of Acts relating to carriage by air or road in consequence of revision of relevant conventions. <CommentaryRef Ref="c984146"/>31In the Carriage by Air Act 1961, after section 8 there shall be inserted the following section — Amendments consequential on revision of Convention.8A1If at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have agreed to a revision of the Convention, Her Majesty may by Order in Council provide that this Act, the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 and section 5(1) of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 shall have effect subject to such exceptions, adaptations and modifications as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision.2In the preceding subsection “revision” means an omission from, addition to or alteration of the Convention and includes repalacement of the Convention or part of it by another convention.3An Order in Council under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.2In the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962, after section 4 there shall be inserted the following section — Amendments consequential on revision of Supplementary Convention.4A1Section 8A of the said Act of 1961 (which among other things enables Her Majesty in Council to alter that Act and this Act in consequence of any revision of the convention to which that Act the Convention in the Schedule to this Act as it has effect in relation to a revision of the Convention mentioned in that section but as if the reference in that section to the said Act of 1961 were omitted.2An order under the said section 8A may relate both to that Act and this Act ; and in the preceding subsection “revision”, in relation to the Convention in the Schedule to this Act, means an omission from, addition to or alteration of that Convention and includes replacement of that Conventionofpart of it by another convention.3In the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965, after section 8 there shall be inserted the following section — Amendments consequential on revision of Convention.8A1If at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have agreed to any revision of the Convention, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such amendment of —athe provisions set out in the Schedule to this Act ; andbthe definition of, and references in this Act to, or to particular provisions of, the Convention ; andcsection 5(1) of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979,as appear to Her to be appropriate in consequence of the revision.2In the preceding subsection “revision”means an omission from, addition to or alteration of the Convention and includes replacement of the Convention or part of it by another convention.3An order in Council under this section shall not be made unless a draft of the Order has been laid before Parliament and approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament.4. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .The text of Ss. 1(1)(2), 2(1), 3, 4(1)–(3), 6(4), Schs. 1, 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not represent any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991S. 3 partly in force; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 7(2); s. 3(1) in force at 22.10.1998 by S.I. 1998/2562, art. 2; s. 3(3) in force at 28.10.1980 by S.I. 1980/1966, art. 2, Sch.; s. 3(2) in force at 12.10.2000 by S.I. 2000/2768, art. 21962 c. 43. 1965 c. 37. S. 3(4) repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
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S. 3 partly in force; s. 3 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 7(2); s. 3(1) in force at 22.10.1998 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1998/2562" id="c00008" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1998" Number="2562">S.I. 1998/2562</Citation>
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; s. 3(3) in force at 28.10.1980 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/1980/1966" id="c00011" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="1980" Number="1966">S.I. 1980/1966</Citation>
,
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,
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; s. 3(2) in force at 12.10.2000 by
<Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2000/2768" id="c00015" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2000" Number="2768">S.I. 2000/2768</Citation>
,
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repealed (22.7.2004) by
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