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CONFIDENTIAL

The Convention on the Unification of certain Rules

relating to International Carriage by Ar performed by a

Person

other than the Contracting Carrier ("the Guadalajara Convention")

was ratified by the United Kingdom on September 1962 and was

applied to Hong Kong on 15 March 1967.

5.

In order to give effect in the United Kingdom to the

Warsaw Convention the United Kingdom enacted the Carriage by Air Act

1932 ("the 1932 Act"). In order to give effect in Hong Kong to the

Warsaw Convention, certain provisions of the 1932 Act were extended to Hong Kong by the Carriage by Air (Colonies, Protectorates and

Trust Territories) Order 1953 ("the 1953 Order").

6.

In order to give effect in the United Kingdom to the

Warsaw Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol, the United

Kingdom repealed the 1932 Act and in its place enacted the Carriage

by Air Act 1961 ("the 1961 Act"). In order to give effect in the

United Kingdom to the Guadalajara Convention the United Kingdom

enacted the Carriage by Air (Supplementary Provisions) Act 1962

("the 1962 Act"). In order to give effect in Hong Kong to the

Warsaw Convention as amended by the Hague Protocol and to the

Guadalajara Convention, the United Kingdom revoked the 1953 Order and in its place extended certain provisions of both the 1961 Act

and the 1962 Act to Hong Kong by the Carriage by Air (Overseas

Territories) Order 1967.

CONFIDENTIAL