The Carriage by Air Act 1961 (9 & 10 Eliz. 2. c. 27) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that brought the amended (1955) Warsaw Convention into British law, repealing the Carriage by Air Act 1932 (22 & 23 Geo. 5. c. 36) which gave the original (1929) convention effect.
Provisions Sections 1 and 2 of the act cover its application to the United Kingdom, with section 1 allowing it to come into force when the Queen makes an Order in Council authorising it, and section 2 using the same procedure for changing or limiting its territorial extent. Section 5 creates a statute of limitations for the convention, saying that no claim of damages for a violation of the convention can be brought more than two years after the problem, defined as either the date the goods arrived or the date they should have arrived. Section 7 allows the Queen to exclude military people, cargo and aircraft from the convention, and Section 13 binds the Crown to following the act.Johnson (1962) p. 570
Subsequent developments Schedule 2 to the act was repealed by section 1 of, and part XI of the schedule to, the Statute Law (Repeals) Act 1974, which came into force on 27 June 1974.
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