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An Act to give effect to the Convention concerning International Carriage by Rail signed on behalf of the United Kingdom on 9th May 1980; and to make further provision for the amendment of Acts giving effect to other international transport conventions so as to take account of revisions of the conventions to which they give effect.
[11th April 1983]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Commencement Information
I1Act partly in force at Royal Assent see s.11(3); Act wholly in force at 1.5.1985.
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
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Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 1-8 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
The Acts mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act (which give effect to other international transport conventions) shall have effect with the amendments there specified, being amendments making further provision for enabling those Acts to be modified so as to take account of revisions of the conventions to which they give effect.
This Act binds the Crown.
(1)This Act may be cited as the International Transport Conventions Act 1983.
(2)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule; and in section 31(3) and 32(4) of the M1Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 for the words “section 5 of the Carriage by Railway Act 1972” there shall be substituted the words “ section 6 of the International Transport Conventions Act 1983 ”.
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Textual Amendments
F2S. 11(3)(4) repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Power of appointment conferred by section 11(3) fully exercised: S.I. 1985/612
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Textual Amendments
F3Sch. 1 repealed (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1) by The Railways (Convention on International Carriage by Rail) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/2092), reg. 1, Sch. 2 para. 1
Marginal Citations
1U.K.In section 8A(1) for the words from “provide” to “modifications” there shall be substituted the words “ make such amendments of this Act, the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 and section 5(1) of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 ”.
Marginal Citations
2U.K.In section 8A(1) for paragraphs (a) and (b) there shall be substituted—
“(a)this Act; and”.
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Textual Amendments
F4Sch. 2 para. 3 repealed (22.7.2004) by Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c. 14), Sch. 1 Pt. 14
Marginal Citations
4U.K.For section 16(1) there shall be substituted—
“(1)If 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 Agreement on the International Carriage of Perishable Foodstuffs and on the Special Equipment to be Used for such Carriage (ATP) Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such amendments of this Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision.
(1A)In subsection (1) above “revision” means an omission from, addition to or alteration of that Agreement and includes replacement of that Agreement or part of it by another agreement.”
Chapter etc. | Title | Extent of repeal |
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1972 c. 33. | The Carriage by Railway Act 1972 | The whole Act. |
1976 c. 30. | The Fatal Accidents Act 1976. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 4. |
S.I. 1977/1251 (N.I. 18). | The Fatal Accidents (Northern Ireland) Order 1977. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 7. |
1978 c. 47. | The Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978. | In Schedule 1, paragraph 8. |
1982 c. 53. | The Administration of Justice Act 1982. | Section 3(3). |
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