The Carriage by Air (Jersey) Order 1967

SCHEDULE EXCEPTIONS, ADAPTATIONS AND MODIFICATIONS IN THE EXTENSION TO JERSEY OF THE CARRIAGE BY AIR ACT 1961 AND THE CARRIAGE BY AIR (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1962

PART I THE CARRIAGE BY AIR ACT 1961

1.  In section 1(1) for the words “the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted the word “Jersey”.

2.  For section 1(3) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(3) This section shall come into force on 1st June 1967.”.

3.  In section 3 for the words from “section” to “Northern Ireland” there shall be substituted the words “ Article 2 of the Fatal Accidents (Jersey) Law 1962”.

4.  In section 4 for the words “the United Kingdom” wherever they occur there shall be substituted the word “Jersey” and in subsection (1)(b) of that section the words “of any part” shall be omitted.

5.  In section 5(3) the words after “references to an arbitration” shall be omitted.

6.  For section 6 there shall be substituted the following section:—

“6.   It is hereby declared that for the purposes of Article 21 in Schedule 1 to this Act the provisions of Article 6 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Jersey) Law 1960 are provisions of the law of Jersey under which a court may exonerate the carrier wholly or partly from his liability.”.

7.  In section 8 for the words “the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted the word “Jersey”.

8.  Section 11 shall be omitted.

9.  For section 12 there shall be substituted the following section:—

“Construction of references to Laws of the States of Jersey

12.   Any reference in this Act to a Law of the States of Jersey shall be construed as a reference to that Law as amended whether before or after the passing of this Act and to any such Law made thereafter which re-enacts that Law with or without modification.”.

10.  In section 14(3) the words before “the Acts” shall be omitted.

11.  In Schedule 2 the reference to the Civil Aviation Act 1949 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as extended to Jersey by the Civil Aviation Act (Channel Islands) Order 1953(1), and the entries in that Schedule, other than those relating to that Act, the Carriage by Air Act 1932 and the Nuclear Installations (Licensing and Insurance) Act 1959, shall be omitted.

PART II THE CARRIAGE BY AIR (SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS) ACT 1962

12.  In section 1(1) for the words “the United Kingdom” there shall be substituted the word “Jersey”.

13.  For section 2(1) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(`(1) In the Schedule to this Act “the Warsaw Convention” means the Convention set out in Schedule 1 to the Carriage by Air Act 1961, but, in relation to rights or liabilities arising out of an occurrence before 1st June 1967, “the Warsaw Convention” means the Convention set out in Schedule 1 to the Carriage by Air Act 1932.'.” means the Convention set out in Schedule 1 to the Carriage by Air Act 1932.'.

14.  Section 2(3) shall be omitted.

15.  In section 4 for the words from “the day on which” to “comes into force” there shall be substituted the words “1st June 1967”.

16.   Section 5(3) and (4) shall be omitted.

17.  Section 6(2) shall be omitted.

18.  For section 7(2) there shall be substituted the following subsection:—

“(2) This Act shall come into force on 1st June 1967.”.

19.  In section 7(3) the words after “foregoing subsection” shall be omitted.

PART III GENERAL

20.  Any reference to the Carriage by Air Act 1932 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as extended to Jersey by the Carriage by Air (Jersey) Order 1935(2), by the Carriage by Air (Jersey) Order 1951(3), and by the Carriage by Air (Jersey) Order 1961(4) and any reference to the Carriage by Air Act 1961 or to the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962 shall be construed as a reference to that Act as extended to Jersey by this Order.

21.  In this Schedule “ Jersey” means the Bailiwick of Jersey.

(1)

(1953 I, p. 270).

(2)

(Rev. I, p. 1227:1935, p. 126).

(3)

(1951 I, p. 228).

(4)

(1961 I, p. 136)