Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Scheds. 5, 6, inserted (20.7.1998) by 1995 c. 27, ss. 6, 7(2); S.I. 1998/1505, art. 2

SCHEDULES

FIRST SCHEDULE U.K. GENEVA CONVENTION FOR THE AMELIORATION OF THE CONDITION OF THE WOUNDED AND SICK IN ARMED FORCES IN THE FIELD

CHAPTER VI.—MEDICAL TRANSPORTS U.K.

ARTICLE 35 U.K.

Transports of wounded and sick or of medical equipment shall be respected and protected in the same way as mobile medical units.

Should such transports or vehicles fall into the hands of the adverse Party, they shall be subject to the laws of war, on condition that the Party to the conflict who captures them shall in all cases ensure the care of the wounded and sick they contain.

The civilian personnel and all means of transport obtained by requisition shall be subject to the general rules of international law.