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International Transport Conventions Act 1983

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11Short title, repeals and commencement

(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(2)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 3 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule; and in section 31(3) and 32(4) of the [1982 c. 27.] Civil 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 " .

(3)Section 1 above shall come into force on such day as Her Majesty may by Order in Council certify to be the day on which the Convention comes into force as regards the United Kingdom ; and subsection (2) above shall have effect from that day.

(4)The provisions having the force of law by virtue of section 1 above do not affect any rights or liabilities arising out of an occurrence before the coming into force of those provisions; and subsection (2) above does not affect any enactment in its application to any such rights or liabilities.

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