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The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004

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  1. Introductory Text

  2. 1.Citation, commencement and effect

  3. 2.Interpretation

  4. 3.Application

  5. 4.Non-international carriage

  6. 5.International carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention

  7. 6.International carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. 1 of Montreal, 1975

  8. 7.Application of certain provisions of the Acts

  9. 8.Gratuitous carriage by the Crown

  10. 9.Revocation

  11. Signature

    1. SCHEDULE 1

      NON-INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE

      1. PART I— APPLICATION OF THE MONTREAL CONVENTION

        1. The Montreal Convention as set out in Schedule 1B to...

      2. PART II

        1. For convenience of reference the Montreal Convention, with the exceptions,...

      3. Non-international carriage

        1. CHAPTER I General Provisions

          1. 1.Article 1—Scope of Application

          2. 4.This Schedule applies also to carriage as set out in...

          3. 1.Article 2—Carriage Performed by State and Carriage of Postal Items

          4. 2.In the carriage of postal items, the carrier shall be...

          5. 3.Except as provided in paragraph 2 of this Article, the...

        2. CHAPTER II Documentation and Duties of the Parties relating to the Carriage of Passengers, Baggage and Cargo

          1. 3.Article 3—Passengers and Baggage

          2. 5.Non-compliance with the provisions of the foregoing paragraphs shall not...

        3. CHAPTER III Liability of the Carrier and Extent of Compensation for Damage

          1. 1.Article 17—Death and Injury of Passengers—Damage to Baggage

          2. 2.The carrier is liable for damage sustained in case of...

          3. 3.If the carrier admits the loss of the checked baggage,...

          4. 4.Unless otherwise specified, in this Schedule the term “baggage” means...

          5. 1.Article 18—Damage to Cargo

          6. 2.However, the carrier is not liable if and to the...

          7. 3.The carriage by air within the meaning of paragraph 1...

          8. 4.The period of the carriage by air does not extend...

          9. Article 19—Delay

          10. Article 20—Exoneration

          11. 1.Article 21—Compensation in Case of Death or Injury of Passengers

          12. 2.The carrier shall not be liable for damages arising under...

          13. 1.Article 22—Limits of Liability in Relation to Delay, Baggage and Cargo

          14. 2.In the carriage of baggage, the liability of the carrier...

          15. 3.In the carriage of cargo, the liability of the carrier...

          16. 4.In the case of destruction, loss, damage or delay of...

          17. 5.The foregoing provisions of paragraphs 1 and 2 of this...

          18. 6.The limits prescribed in Article 21 and in this Article...

          19. 1.Article 23—Conversion of Monetary Units

          20. 2.The value on a particular day of one Special Drawing...

          21. 3.A certificate given by or on behalf of the Treasury...

          22. Article 25—Stipulation on Limits

          23. Article 26—Invalidity of Contractual Provisions

          24. Article 27—Freedom to Contract

          25. Article 28—Advance Payments

          26. Article 29—Basis of Claims

          27. 1.Article 30—Servants, Agents—Aggregation of Claims

          28. 2.The aggregate of the amounts recoverable from the carrier, its...

          29. 3.Save in respect of the carriage of cargo, the provisions...

          30. 1.Article 31—Timely Notice of Complaints

          31. 2.In the case of damage, the person entitled to delivery...

          32. 3.Every complaint must be made in writing and given or...

          33. 4.If no complaint is made within the times aforesaid, no...

          34. Article 32—Death of Person Liable

          35. 1.Article 34—Arbitration

          36. 3.The arbitrator or arbitration tribunal shall apply the provisions of...

          37. 4.The provisions of paragraphs 2 and 3 of this Article...

          38. 1.Article 35—Limitation of Actions

          39. 2.The method of calculating that period shall be determined by...

          40. 1.Article 36—Successive Carriage

          41. 2.In the case of carriage of this nature, the passenger...

          42. 3.As regards baggage or cargo, the passenger or consignor will...

          43. Article 37—Right of Recourse against Third Parties

        4. CHAPTER IV Combined Carriage

          1. 1.Article 38—Combined Carriage

          2. 2.Nothing in this Schedule shall prevent the parties in the...

        5. CHAPTER V Carriage by Air Performed by a Person other than the Contracting Carrier

          1. Article 39—Contracting Carrier—Actual Carrier

          2. Article 40—Respective Liability of Contracting and Actual Carriers

          3. 1.Article 41—Mutual Liability

          4. 2.The acts and omissions of the contracting carrier and of...

          5. Article 42—Addressee of Complaints and Instructions

          6. Article 43—Servants and Agents

          7. Article 44—Aggregation of Damages

          8. Article 45—Addressee of Claims

          9. Article 47—Invalidity of Contractual Provisions

          10. Article 48—Mutual Relations of Contracting and Actual Carriers

        6. CHAPTER VI Other Provisions

          1. Article 49—Mandatory Application

          2. Article 52—Definition of Days

    2. SCHEDULE 2

      INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE UNAMENDED WARSAW CONVENTION

      1. PART I

        1. 1.The 1955 amended Convention and the Guadalajara Convention shall apply...

        2. 2.For the purposes of Article 5 of this Order and...

        3. 3.The 1955 amended Convention shall apply to international carriage as...

        4. 4.The Guadalajara Convention shall apply to international carriage within the...

      2. PART II

        1. For convenience of reference the 1955 amended Convention and the...

        2. A. The 1955 amended Warsaw Convention, as applied by Schedule...

      3. International Carriage under the unamended Warsaw Convention

        1. CHAPTER I Scope—Definitions

          1. Article 1

          2. Article 2

        2. CHAPTER II Documents of Carriage

          1. Section I—Passenger, Ticket

            1. Article 3

          2. Section 2—Baggage Check

            1. Article 4

          3. Section 3—Air Waybill

            1. Article 5

            2. Article 6

            3. Article 7

            4. Article 8

            5. Article 9

            6. Article 10

            7. Article 11

            8. Article 12

            9. Article 13

            10. Article 14

            11. Article 15

            12. Article 16

        3. CHAPTER III Liability of the Carrier

          1. Article 17

          2. Article 18

          3. Article 19

          4. Article 20

          5. Article 21

          6. Article 22

          7. Article 23

          8. Article 24

          9. Article 25

          10. Article 26

          11. Article 27

          12. Article 28

          13. Article 29

          14. Article 30

        4. CHAPTER IV Provisions Relating to Combined Carriage

          1. Article 31

        5. CHAPTER V General and Final Provisions

          1. Article 32

          2. Article 33

          3. Article 34

          4. Article 35

          5. ADDITIONAL PROTOCAL TO THE WARSAW CONVENTION

            1. The High Contracting Parties reserve to themselves the right to...

            2. B. The Guadalajara Convention as applied by Schedule 2

          6. INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE UNAMENDED WARSAW CONVENTION

            1. Article I

            2. Article II

            3. 1.Article III

            4. 2.The acts and omissions of the contracting carrier and of...

            5. Article IV

            6. Article V

            7. Article VI

            8. Article VII

            9. Article VIII

            10. 1.Article IX

            11. 2.In respect of the carriage performed by the actual carrier,...

            12. 3.Any clause contained in an agreement for carriage and all...

            13. Article X

    3. SCHEDULE 3

      INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE WARSAW CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL NO. 1 OF MONTREAL 1975

      1. PART I

        1. 1.The 1955 amended Convention1 and the Guadalajara Convention shall apply...

        2. 2.For the purposes of Article 6 of this Order and...

        3. 3.The 1955 amended Convention shall apply to international carriage as...

        4. 4.The Guadalajara Convention shall apply to international carriage within the...

        5. PART II

          1. For convenience of reference the 1955 amended Convention and the...

          2. A. The 1955 amended Warsaw Convention, as applied by Schedule...

          3. International Carriage under the unamended, Warsaw Convention as amended by Additional Protocol No. I of Montreal 1975

        6. CHAPTER 1 Scope–Definitions

          1. Article 1

          2. Article 2

        7. CHAPTER II Documents of Carriage

          1. Section 1 PASSENGER TICKET

            1. Article 3

        8. Section 2 BAGGAGE CHECK

          1. Article 4

        9. Section 3 AIR WAYBILL

          1. Article 5

          2. Article 6

          3. Article 7

          4. Article 8

          5. Article 9

          6. Article 10

          7. Article 11

          8. Article 12

          9. Article 13

          10. Article 14

          11. Article 15

          12. Article 16

        10. CHAPTER III Liability of the Carrier

          1. Article 17

          2. Article 18

          3. Article 19

          4. Article 20

          5. Article 21

          6. Article 22

          7. Article 23

          8. Article 24

          9. Article 25

          10. Article 26

          11. Article 27

          12. Article 28

          13. Article 29

          14. Article 30

        11. CHAPTER IV Provisions Relating to Combined Carriage

          1. Article 31

        12. CHAPTER V General and Final Provisions

          1. Article 32

          2. Article 33

          3. Article 34

          4. Article 35

          5. ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL TO THE WARSAW CONVENTION

          6. B. The Guadalajara Convention as applied by Schedule 3

        13. INTERNATIONAL CARRIAGE UNDER THE UNAMENDED WARSAW CONVENTION AS AMENDED BY ADDITIONAL PROTOCOL NO. 1 OF MONTREAL 1975

          1. Article I

          2. Article II

          3. 1.Article III

          4. 2.The acts and omissions of the contracting carrier and of...

          5. Article IV

          6. Article V

          7. Article VI

          8. Article VII

          9. Article VIII

          10. 1.Article IX

          11. 2.In respect of the carriage performed by the actual carrier,...

          12. 3.Any clause contained in an agreement for carriage and all...

          13. Article X

    4. SCHEDULE 4

      ORDERS REVOKED

  13. Explanatory Note

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