Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention) Order 2010

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Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention) Order 2010

Anand Satyanand, Governor-General

Order in Council

At Wellington this 18th day of October 2010

Present:
His Excellency the Governor-General in Council

Pursuant to section 91T(1)(c) of the Civil Aviation Act 1990, His Excellency the Governor-General, acting on the advice and with the consent of the Executive Council, makes the following order.

Order

1 Title

  • This order is the Civil Aviation (Montreal Convention) Order 2010.

2 Commencement

  • This order comes into force on 1 December 2010.

3 Interpretation
4 Schedule 6 of Act amended

  • (1) Paragraph (1) of Article 21 of the Montreal Convention in Schedule 6 of the Act is amended by omitting “100 000” and substituting “113 000”.

    (2) Paragraph (2) of Article 21 of the Montreal Convention in Schedule 6 of the Act is amended by omitting “100 000” and substituting “113 000”.

    (3) Paragraph (1) of Article 22 of the Montreal Convention in Schedule 6 of the Act is amended by omitting “4 150” and substituting “4 694”.

    (4) Paragraph (2) of Article 22 of the Montreal Convention in Schedule 6 of the Act is amended by omitting “1 000” and substituting “1 131”.

    (5) Paragraph (3) of Article 22 of the Montreal Convention in Schedule 6 of the Act is amended by omitting “17” and substituting “19”.

Rebecca Kitteridge,
Clerk of the Executive Council.

Explanatory note

This note is not part of the order, but is intended to indicate its general effect.

This order, which comes into force on 1 December 2010, updates the text of the Montreal Convention set out in Schedule 6 of the Civil Aviation Act 1990 to reflect increases to certain liability limits specified in the Convention, which are expressed in Special Drawing Rights. A Special Drawing Right is a monetary unit established by the International Monetary Fund.

Issued under the authority of the Acts and Regulations Publication Act 1989.

Date of notification in Gazette: 21 October 2010.

This order is administered by the Ministry of Transport.