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11 2004

Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004

PART 3

Supplementary Provisions

Notification of reservation to the Montreal Convention.

8. —(1) In relation to the Montreal Convention, the Minister may, at any time, make a notification as provided for by Article 57 of that Convention.

(2) The Minister may amend or revoke a notification made under this section, including a notification made under this subsection.

Domestic carriage by air.

9. —The Minister may, by order notified in Iris Oifigiúil, apply provisions of Schedule 3 to any carriage by air (not being international carriage as defined in that Schedule) of a kind specified in the order, subject to any exceptions or modifications as may be so specified.

Expenses of the Minister.

10. —The Expenses incurred by the Minister in the administration of this Act are, to such extent as may be sanctioned by the Minister for Finance, payable from money provided by the Oireachtas.

Repeals and consequential amendments.

11. —(1) Part III of, and the First Schedule to, the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936 are repealed.

(2) Section 2(1) of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936 is amended—

(a) by substituting the following definition for the definition of the expression “the Minister”:

“the expression ‘the Minister’ means the Minister for Transport;”;

(b) by repealing the definition of the expression “the Warsaw Convention”;

(3) Section 3 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936 is amended—

(a) by deleting from subsection (1) “(except Part III thereof)”, and

(b) by deleting from subsection (2) “(except Part III thereof)”.

(4) Section 21 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936 is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (3):

“(3) This section does not affect the operation of—

(a) the Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004, or

(b) a contract for the carriage of passengers or goods by air in so far as the contract provides for determining or limiting the liability of the carrier.”.

(5) Section 24 of the Air Navigation and Transport Act 1936 is amended by substituting the following subsection for subsection (7):

“(7) This section does not affect the operation of—

(a) the Air Navigation and Transport (International Conventions) Act 2004, or

(b) a contract for the carriage of passengers or goods by air in so far as the contract provides for determining or limiting the liability of the carrier.”.