[X1(1)U.K.In the carriage of persons the liability of the carrier for each passenger is limited to the sum of [F116,600 special drawing rights]. Where, in accordance with the law of the court seised of the case, damages may be awarded in the form of periodical payments the equivalent capital value of the said payments shall not exceed [F2this limit]. Nevertheless, by special contract, the carrier and the passenger may agree to a higher limit of liability.]
Editorial Information
X1Schedule 1, containing the provisions of the Warsaw Convention as amended at the Hague in 1955 and by Protocols No. 3 and No. 4 signed at Montreal in 1975, substituted (prosp.) with saving for Schedule 1 as originally enacted, containing the provisions of the Warsaw Convention with the amendments made in it by the Hague Protocol, by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 1(1)(3), 6(2), 7(2)
Textual Amendments
F1Words substituted (1.12.1997) by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 4(1)(a)(i)(ii), 6(2); S.I. 1997/2565, art. 2, Sch.
F2Words substituted (1.12.1997) by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 4(1)(a)(i)(ii), 6(2); S.I. 1997/2565, art. 2, Sch.
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Art. 22 of Pt. I (as originally enacted) amended (prosp.) by Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 (c. 28, SIF 9), ss. 5, 6(2), 7(2)