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Civil Aviation Act 1968 (c. 61)

5In section 23(4) of the 1968 Act (extended meaning of accident in that section and in section 10 of the [1949 c. 67.] Civil Aviation Act 1949, being sections which relate to aircraft accidents), at the end there shall be added the words " and any other occurrence involving an aircraft which, for the purpose of giving effect to any amendment of an Annex to the Chicago Convention, is by virtue of this subsection designated an accident in regulations under the said section 10.

In this subsection " an Annex to the Chicago Convention " means any Annex to the Convention mentioned in subsection (1) of section 8 of the said Act of 1949 (being an Annex adopted in accordance with the Convention); and the power conferred by this subsection is without prejudice to the said section 8.".

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