Statutory Instruments
2004 No. 1974
CIVIL AVIATION
The Air Carrier Liability (No. 2) Regulations 2004
Made
27th July 2004
Laid before Parliament
29th July 2004
Coming into force
23rd August 2004
Citation and commencement
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Air Carrier Liability (No. 2) Regulations 2004 and shall come into force on 23rd August 2004.
Amendment of article 2 of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004
2. For the definition of “the Council Regulation” in article 2 of the Carriage by Air Acts (Application of Provisions) Order 2004( 3 ) there shall be substituted—
“ “the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation ( EC ) No. 2027/97 as amended by Regulation (EC) No. 889/2002 of the European Parliament and of the Council ( 4 ) as it has effect in accordance with the Agreement on the European Economic Area signed at Oporto on 2nd May 1992 as adjusted by the Protocol signed at Brussels on 17th March 1993 ( 5 ) as amended by the Decisions of the EEA Joint Committee No. 34/98 of 30th April 1998 and No. 142/2002 of 8th November 2002 ( 6 ) ; ” .
Amendment of the Air Carrier Liability Regulations 2004
3. In regulation 4 of the Air Carrier Liability Regulations Order 2004( 7 ) for “level 5 on the standard scale” there shall be substituted “the statutory maximum”.
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Transport
Tony McNulty
Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State,
Department for Transport
27th July 2004