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Prospective

SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1U.K. The Warsaw Convention As Amended At The Hague in 1955 and by Protocols No. 3 and No. 4 signed at Montreal in1975

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1The text of Ss. 1(1)(2), 2(1), 3, 4(1)–(3), 6(4), Schs. 1, 2 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not represent any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991

Chapter IIIU.K. Liability of the carrier

Article 21U.K.

(1)U.K.In the carriage of passengers and baggage, if the carrier proves that the damage was caused or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of the person claiming compensation, the carrier shall be wholly or partly exonerated from his liability to such person to the extent that such negligence or wrongful act or omission caused or contributed to the damage. When by reason of the death or injury of a passenger compensation is claimed by a person other than the passenger, the carrier shall likewise be wholly or partly ex(}nerated from his liability to the extent that he proves that the damage was caused or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of that passenger.

(2)U.K.In the carriage of cargo, if the carrier proves that the damage was caused by or contributed to by the negligence or other wrongful act or omission of the person claiming compensation, or the person from whom he derives his rights, the carrier shall be wholly or partly exonerated from his liability to the claimant to the extent that such negligence or wrongful act or omission caused or contributed to the damage.