Civil Aviation Act 1949

1 The limits of liability under subsection (1) of section forty-two of this Act in respect of such loss or damage as is mentioned in that subsection shall, in the case of an aircraft of any such description as is mentioned in the first column of the following Table, be an amount to be ascertained, in relation to that description of aircraft, by reference to the second column of the said Table.

Description of Aircraft	Limit of Liability
(a) Airships	£25,000.
(b) Balloons (whether fixed or free).	£5,000.
(c) Gliders	£2,000, so, however, that not more than £1,000 shall be payable in respect of loss of, or damage to, property.
(d) Other aircraft—
(i) if the weight of the aircraft fully loaded does not exceed 5,000 pounds.	£10,000, so, however, that not more more than £5,000 shall be payable in respect of loss of, or damage to, property.
(ii) if the weight of the aircraft fully loaded exceeds 5,000 pounds but does not exceed 10,000 pounds.	£10,000, so, however, that, in respect of loss of, or damage to, property, there shall not be payable more than £1 for each pound of the weight of the aircraft fully loaded.
(iii) if the weight of the aircraft fully loaded exceeds 10,000 pounds but does not exceed 25,000 pounds.	£1 for each pound of the weight of the aircraft fully loaded.
(iv) if the weight of the aircraft fully loaded exceeds 25,000 pounds.	£25,000.