The Carriage by Air (Parties to Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 2000

Made15th November 2000

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of November 2000

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 2(1) of the Carriage by Air Act 19611 (which provides that Her Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time certify, inter alia, who are the High Contracting Parties to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, relating to international carriage by air, and in respect of what territories they are respectively parties) and by section 2(4) of that Act (which provides that an Order in Council under section 2 may contain such transitional and other consequential provisions as appear to Her Majesty to be expedient), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1

This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air (Parties to Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 2000.

2

It is hereby certified that the High Contracting Parties to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, and the territories in respect of which they are respectively parties, are as specified in the Schedule to this Order.

A. K. Galloway,Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULEHIGH CONTRACTING PARTIES TO THE WARSAW CONVENTION AS AMENDED AT THE HAGUE, 1955, AS FURTHER AMENDED BY PROTOCOL NO. 4 OF MONTREAL 1975.

High Contracting Parties	Territories in respect of which they are respectively parties	Dates on which the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, came into force
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	14 June 1998
The Argentine Republic	Argentina	14 June 1998
The Commonwealth of Australia	Australia and all external territories for whose international affairs Australia is responsible	14 June 1998
The Azerbaijani Republic	Azerbaijan	22 April 2000
The State of Bahrain	Bahrain	21 April 1999
Bosnia and Herzegovina	Bosnia and Herzegovina	14 June 1998
The Fedral Republic of Brazil	Brazil	14 June 1998
Canada	Canada	25 November 1999
The Republic of Colombia	Colombia	14 June 1998
The Republic of Croatia	Croatia	14 June 1998
The Kingdom of Denmark	Denmark, and the Faeroe Islands	14 June 1998
The Republic of Ecuador	Ecuador	12 May 1999
The Arab Republic of Egypt	Egypt	14 June 1998
The Republic of Estonia	Estonia	14 June 1998
The Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia	Ethiopia	14 June 1998
The Republic of Finland	Finland	14 June 1998
The Republic of Ghana	Ghana	14 June 1998
The Hellenic Republic	Greece	14 June 1998
The Republic of Guatemala	Guatemala	14 June 1998
The Republic of Guinea	Guinea	12 May 1999
The Republic of Honduras	Honduras	12 September 1998
The Republic of Hungary	Hungary	14 June l998
The Republic of Ireland	The territory of the Republic of Ireland	14 June 1998
The State of Israel	Israel	14 June 1998
The Italian Republic	Italy	14 June 1998
Japan	Japan	18 September 2000
The Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan	Jordan	20th October 1999
The Republic of Kenya	Kenya	4 October 1999
The State of Kuwait	Kuwait	14 June 1998
The Republic of Macedonia	Macedonia	14 June 1998
The Republic of Mauritius	Mauritius	12 September 1998
The Republic of Nauru	Nauru	12 September 1998
The Kingdom of the Netherlands	The Kingdom of the Netherlands in Europe	14 June 1998
The Kingdom of the Netherlands	Netherlands Antilles	14 June 1998
The Republic of Niger	Niger	12 September 1998
The Kingdom of Norway	Norway and all territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the Kingdom of Norway	14 June 1998
The Sultanate of Oman	Oman	12 September 1998
The Portuguese Republic	Portugal and all territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the Portuguese Republic	14 June 1998
The Republic of Singapore	Singapore	12 September 1998
The Republic of Slovenia	Slovenia	14 June 1998
The Kingdom of Spain	Spain and all territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the Kingdom of Spain	14 June 1998
The Kingdom of Sweden	Sweden	14 June 1998
The Swiss Confederation	Switzerland	14 June 1998
The Republic of Togo	Togo	14 June 1998
United Arab Emirates	United Arab Emirates	18 June 2000
The Republic of Turkey	Turkey	12 September 1998
The United States of America	The United States of America and all territories subject to the sovereignty or authority of the United States of America	4 March 1999
The Republic of Uzbekistan	Uzbekistan	12 September 1998
The Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	14 June 1998

(This note is not part of the Order)

The Carriage by Air Act 1961, as amended by the Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975) Order 1999, gives effect in the United Kingdom to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, 1955, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, relating to international carriage by air.

Under section 2(1) of the Act, as amended, Her Majesty may by Order in Council from time to time certify, among other things, who are the High Contracting Parties to the Warsaw Convention as amended at The Hague, as further amended by Protocol No. 4 of Montreal, 1975, and such an Order is conclusive evidence of the matters so certified. This Order certifies those Parties.