Statutory Instruments
2021 No. 1448
Civil Aviation
The Carriage by Air (Revision of Limits of Liability under the Montreal Convention) Order 2021
Made
15th December 2021
Coming into force
16th December 2021
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 15th day of December 2021
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, in exercise of the power conferred by section 2(1A) of the Carriage by Air Act 1961(1), orders as follows:
Citation, commencement and extent
1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Carriage by Air (Revision of Limits of Liability under the Montreal Convention) Order 2021 and comes into force on 16th December 2021.
(2) This Order extends to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.
Superseding of the Carriage by Air (Revision of Limits of Liability under the Montreal Convention) Order 2009
2. This Order supersedes the Carriage by Air (Revision of Limits of Liability under the Montreal Convention) Order 2009(2).
Certification of the revision of limits of liability under the Montreal Convention(3)
3. The revised limits of liability established under Articles 21 and 22 of the Montreal Convention are as certified in the third column of the table.
| Montreal Convention | Old limit (Special Drawing Rights) | Revised limit (Special Drawing Rights) |
|---|---|---|
| Article 21 | 113,100 | 128,821 |
| Article 22, paragraph 1 | 4,694 | 5,346 |
| Article 22, paragraph 2 | 1,131 | 1,288 |
| Article 22, paragraph 3 | 19 | 22 |
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
1961 c. 27; section 2(1A) was inserted by the Carriage by Air Acts (Implementation of the Montreal Convention 1999) Order 2002 (S.I. 2002/263), article 2(4).
S.I. 2009/3018; that Order is superseded by virtue of section 2(3) of the Carriage by Air Act 1961.
Cm. 6369, Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, Treaty Series No. 44 (2004). The Montreal Convention was previously published as Miscellaneous No. 4 (2000) Cm. 4651.