The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1984

Made: 18th May 1984

Coming into Operation: 1st July 1984

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of May 1984

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament and has been approved by a resolution of each House of Parliament, in accordance with section 10(5) of the Carriage by Air Act 1961

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 10 of the Carriage by Air Act 1961 and of that section as applied by section 5(2) of the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962, and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

Citation and Operation

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This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Overseas Territories) (Amendment) Order 1984 and shall come into operation on 1st July 1984.

Amendment of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1967

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The Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1967 shall be amended as follows:–

Signed

N.E. Leigh — Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory note

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order amends the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) (Overseas Territories) Order 1967 (which applies the provisions of the Carriage by Air Act 1961 and the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962, with modifications set out in the Order, to carriage to which those Acts would otherwise not apply). In consequence of the amended Articles of Agreement of the International Monetary Fund having come into force, this Order substitutes special drawing rights for gold francs as the unit in which the limits of the air carrier's liability are expressed for the purposes of non-international carriage. The Order increases the limits of the air carrier's liability in respect of injury or death caused to passengers in non-international carriage from 875,000 francs to 100,000 special drawing rights.