90 Power to give effect to Convention on rights in aircraft
Civil Aviation Act 1982 (1982 c 16) | Legislation

90  Power to give effect to Convention on rights in aircraft

(1)     Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such provision as appears to Her Majesty in Council to be necessary or expedient for giving effect to the Convention on the International Recognition of Rights in Aircraft which was signed at Geneva on behalf of the United Kingdom on 19th June 1948.

(2)     Without prejudice to the generality of the powers conferred by subsection (1) above, an Order in Council under this section may, in particular, make provision—

(a)     for the recognition in the United Kingdom of rights of the kind specified in the Convention

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