The Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) (Amendment) Order 1980

Statutory Instruments

1980 No. 697

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The Carriage of Goods By Road (Parties To Convention) (Amendment) Order 1980

Made

21st May 1980

Coming into Operation

1st June 1980

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 21st day of May 1980

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 2(1) and 12 of the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) (Amendment) Order 1980 and shall come into operation on 1st June 1980.

2.  The Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) Order 1967 is hereby amended by substituting the Schedule to this Order for the Schedule to that Order and the Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) (Amendment) Order 1969 and the Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) Order 1973 are hereby revoked.

N.E. Leigh

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

The High Contracting Parties to the Convention, the territories in respect of which they are respectively parties and the dates of entry into force of the Convention in regard to such territories are as follows:—

High Contracting Parties to the Convention	Territories in respect of which they are respectively parties	Dates of entry into force of the Convention
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland	Great Britain and Northern Ireland	19th October 1967
	Gibraltar	29th January 1969
	Bailiwick of Guernsey	1st June 1972
	Isle of Man	10th February 1970
The Republic of Austria	Austria	2nd July 1961
The Kingdom of Belgium	Belgium	17th December 1962
The People's Republic of Bulgaria	Bulgaria	18th January 1978
The Czechoslovak Socialist Republic	Czechoslovakia	3rd December 1974
The Kingdom of Denmark	Denmark	26th September 1965
The Republic of Finland	Finland	25th September 1973
The French Republic	Metropolitan France, Martinique, Guadelope, French Guiana, Réunion, Saint Pierre and Miquelon, French Polynesia, New Caledonia	2nd July 1961
The Federal Republic of Germany	Federal Republic of Germany and Berlin (West)	5th February 1962
The German Democratic Republic	German Democratic Republic	27th March 1974
The Hellenic Republic	Greece	22nd August 1977
The Hungarian People's Republic	Hungary	28th July 1970
The Italian Republic	Italy	2nd July 1961
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	Luxembourg	19th July 1964
The Kingdom of the Netherlands	The Netherlands	2nd July 1961
The Kingdom of Norway	Norway	29th September 1969
The Polish People's Republic	Poland	11th September 1962
The Portuguese Republic	Portugal	21st December 1969
The Socialist Republic of Romania	Romania	23rd April 1973
Spain	Spain	13th May 1974
The Kingdom of Sweden	Sweden	1st July 1969
The Swiss Confederation	Switzerland	28th May 1970
The Socialist Federal Republic of Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia	2nd July 1961

EXPLANATORY NOTE

The Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 gave effect in the United Kingdom to the Convention signed at Geneva on 19th May 1956 on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (Cmnd. 3455). The Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) Order 1967 certifies who are the High Contracting Parties to the Convention and in respect of what territories they are respectively parties. The Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) (Amendment) Order 1969 and the Carriage of Goods by Road (Parties to Convention) Order 1973 brought the principal Order up to date in relation to a number of States and territories for which the 1956 Convention had entered into force since the making of the principal Order. Since the 1973 Order was made Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia, Finland, the German Democratic Republic, Greece, Romania and Spain have become parties to the 1956 Convention. The present Order amends the principal Order accordingly and replaces the previous amending Orders.