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Carriage by Air Act 1961 (1961 c 27)

This Act incorporates the provisions of the Warsaw Convention (1929) and the Hague Protocol (1955) into UK law, standardising air carrier liability for international carriage of persons, luggage, and goods. It establishes rules around compensation for injury, death, and delays, aiming to balance passenger rights with the interests of airlines. The Act is crucial for legal uniformity in international air travel and facilitates smoother resolution of disputes involving UK-bound flights, thereby enhancing confidence and legal clarity in the aviation industry.

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Carriage by Air Act 1961 (1961 c 27)

This Act incorporates the provisions of the Warsaw Convention (1929) and the Hague Protocol (1955) into UK law, standardising air carrier liability for international carriage of persons, luggage, and goods. It establishes rules around compensation for injury, death, and delays, aiming to balance passenger rights with the interests of airlines. The Act is crucial for legal uniformity in international air travel and facilitates smoother resolution of disputes involving UK-bound flights, thereby enhancing confidence and legal clarity in the aviation industry.

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Carriage by Air Act 1961 (1961 c 27)

[1 Convention to have the force of law]

2 Designation of High Contracting Parties

3 Fatal Accidents

4 Limitation of liability

[4A Notice of partial loss]

5 Time for bringing proceedings

6 Contributory negligence

7 Power to exclude aircraft in use for military purposes

[8 Actions against parties to Conventions]

[8A Amendments consequential on revision of Convention]

9 Application to British possessions, etc

10 Application to carriage by air not governed by Convention

11 Application to Scotland

12 Application to Northern Ireland

13 Application to Crown

14 Short title, interpretation and repeals

SCHEDULE 1 The Warsaw Convention With The Amendments Made in it By The Hague Protocol: Part I The English Text Convention: For the Unification of Certain Rules relating to International Carriage by Air [SCHEDULE 1 The Warsaw Convention as Amended at the Hague in 1955 and by Protocols No 3 and No 4 signed at Montreal in 1975]

[SCHEDULE 1A The Warsaw Convention with the Amendments made in it by The Hague Protocol and Protocol no 4 of Montreal, 1975]

[SCHEDULE 1B]

SCHEDULE 2 . . .

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