8F1 Actions against parties to Conventions.

1

Each party to a Carriage by Air Convention, for the purposes of any action brought in a court in the United Kingdom in accordance with a provision mentioned in subsection (5) to enforce a claim in respect of carriage undertaken by him, is deemed to have submitted to the jurisdiction of that court.

2

Accordingly, rules of court may provide for the manner in which any such action is to be commenced and carried on.

3

But nothing in this section shall authorise the issue of execution against the property of any party to a Carriage by Air Convention.

4

Subsections (1) and (2) do not apply to a party to a Carriage by Air Convention who has availed himself, in relation to a provision mentioned in subsection (5), of—

a

the Additional Protocol at the end of the Convention,

b

the Additional Protocol at the end of the Convention as amended; or

c

Article 57(a) of the Montreal Convention.

5

The provisions are—

a

Article 28 of the Convention;

b

Article 28 of the Convention as amended;

c

Articles 33 and 46 of the Montreal Convention.

6

“Party" means—

a

in relation to the Convention and the Convention as amended, a High Contracting Party; and

b

in relation to the Montreal Convention, a State Party.