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Statutory Instruments
ROAD TRAFFIC
17th December 1980
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 17th day of December 1980
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 7(2) of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 or otherwise in Her Majesty vested, 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 by Air and Road Act 1979 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1980.
2. The provisions of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 which are listed in column (1) of the Schedule to this Order and which relate to the matters respectively specified in relation to those provisions in column (2) thereof shall (to the extent stated in the Schedule) come into force on the 28th December 1980.
N.E. Leigh
Clerk of the Privy Council
| (1) | (2) |
|---|---|
| Provisions of the Act | Subject matter of the provisions |
| Section 3(3) | Amendment of the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 ("the Act of 1965") in consequence of the revision of the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road(1) |
| Section 4(2) | Replacement of gold francs by special drawing rights for the purposes of the Act of 1965. |
| Section 4(4) (so far as that subsection relates to the amendment to the Act of 1965 made by section 4(2)). | Effect of amendments made by section 4(1), (2) and (3) upon judgments in respect of liability which arises before the amendments come into force. |
| Section 5 (so far as relating to the amendment to the Act of 1965 made by section 4(2)). | Conversion of special drawing rights into sterling. |
| Section 6(1)(b) | Supplemental. |
This Order brings into force on 28th December 1980 the provisions of the Carriage by Air and Road Act 1979 specified in the Schedule to the Order as a consequence of the entry into force on that date of a Protocol of the 5th July 1978 to the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road (CMR) (Cmnd. 7480). The Protocol introduces a new unit of account for the purposes of the Convention.
Cmnd. 3455.
