Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979

2 Modification of article 26(2) of carriage by air convention.U.K.

(1)In the M1Carriage by Air Act 1961, after section 4 there shall be inserted the following section —

4A Notice of partial loss.

(1)In Article 26(2) the references to damage shall be construed as including loss of part of the baggage or cargo in question and the reference to the receipt of baggage or cargo shall, in relation to loss of part of it, be construed as receipt of the remainder of it.

(2)It is hereby declared, without prejudice to the operation of any other section of this Act, that the reference to Article 26(2) in the preceding subsection is to Article 26(2) as set out in Part I and Part II of the First Schedule to this Act.

(2)This section shall come into force at the passing of this Act but shall not apply to loss which occurred before the passing of this Act.

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Ss. 1(1)(2), 2(1), 3, 4(1)–(3), 6(4), Schs. 1, 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not represent any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

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