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3. The Carriage by Air Act 1961 shall be amended as follows:
(1) After section 1(1) there shall be inserted the following subsection—
“(1A) In relation to Community air carriers—
(a)in respect of damages up to the equivalent in ecus of 100,000 SDR arising from the death, wounding or other bodily injury suffered by a passenger, the provisions of Article 20 of the Convention; and
(b)in respect of damages arising from the death, wounding or other bodily injury suffered by a passenger the provisions of Articles 21 and 22(1) of the Convention,
do not have the force of law in the United Kingdom.”.
(2) For section 14(2) there shall be substituted the following:
“(2) In this Act—
“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2027/97 of 9th October 1997 on air carrier liability in the event of accidents;
“Community air carrier”, “SDR” and “ecu” have the meaning given by Article 2 of the Council Regulation; and
“court” includes (in an arbitration allowed by the Convention) an arbitrator.”.
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