1.For liability in respect of passengers, the minimum insurance cover shall be 250 000 SDRs per passenger. However, in respect of non-commercial operations by aircraft with a MTOM of 2 700 kg or less, [F1the Secretary of State may, by regulations,] set a lower level of minimum insurance cover, provided that such cover is at least 100 000 SDRs per passenger.
[F22.For liability in respect of baggage, the minimum insurance cover shall be 1 288 SDRs per passenger in commercial operations.
3.For liability in respect of cargo, the minimum insurance cover shall be 22 SDRs per kilogram in commercial operations.]
4.Paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 shall not apply with respect to flights over the territory of [F3the United Kingdom] carried out by [F4non-UK] air carriers and by aircraft operators using aircraft registered outside [F5the United Kingdom] which do not involve a landing on, or take-off from, [F6the territory of the United Kingdom].
[F75.[F8The Secretary of State may, by regulations, amend] the values referred to in paragraphs 1, 2 and 3 of this Article where amendments to the relevant international agreements make this necessary.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in Art. 6(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Aviation (Insurance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1363), regs. 1, 9(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2Substituted by Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2020/1118 of 27 April 2020 amending Regulation (EC) No 785/2004 of the European Parliament and of the Council on insurance requirements for air carriers and aircraft operators.
F3Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Aviation (Insurance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1363), regs. 1, 9(b)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F4Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Aviation (Insurance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1363), regs. 1, 9(b)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Aviation (Insurance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1363), regs. 1, 9(b)(iii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in Art. 6(4) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Aviation (Insurance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1363), regs. 1, 9(b)(iv); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7Substituted by Regulation (EU) 2019/1243 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 20 June 2019 adapting a number of legal acts providing for the use of the regulatory procedure with scrutiny to Articles 290 and 291 of the Treaty on the Functioning of the European Union (Text with EEA relevance).
F8Words in Art. 6(5) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Aviation (Insurance) (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1363), regs. 1, 9(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/692, regs. 1, 2(2)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)