International Carriage of Goods by Road Act, 1990
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Interpretation. |
1.—(1) In this Act— | |
“action” has the meaning assigned to it by the Statute of Limitations, 1957 ; | ||
“arbitration agreement” has the meaning assigned to it by the Arbitration Act, 1954 ; | ||
“award” means an award in an arbitration pursuant to CMR in a state, being a Contracting Party (other than the State); | ||
“CMR” means the Convention on the Contract for the International Carriage of Goods by Road done at Geneva on the 19th day of May, 1956 (the text of which, in the English language, is, for convenience of reference, set out in Part I of the Schedule ), as amended by the Protocol done at Geneva on the 5th day of July, 1978 (the text of which, in the English language, is, for convenience of reference, set out in Part II of the Schedule ); | ||
“Contracting Party” means a state that is a party to CMR; | ||
“fire authority” has the meaning assigned to it by section 9 of the Fire Services Act, 1981 ; | ||
“judgment” means a judgment of a competent court or other tribunal, in a state (being a Contracting Party (other than the State)) to which Article 31 of CMR applies; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Tourism and Transport. | ||
(2) The persons who, for the purposes of this Act, are persons concerned in the carriage of goods by road under a contract to which CMR applies are— | ||
(a) the sender of the goods, | ||
(b) the consignee, | ||
(c) a carrier who, whether in accordance with Article 34 of CMR or otherwise, is a party to the contract, | ||
(d) a person for whom the carrier is responsible by virtue of Article 3 of CMR, and | ||
(e) a person who has assumed the rights or liabilities of any of the persons referred to in paragraphs (a) to (d). | ||
(3) In this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a section or the Schedule is a reference to a section of or the Schedule to this Act unless it is indicated that reference to some other enactment is intended, and | ||
(b) a reference to a subsection, paragraph or subparagraph is a reference to the subsection, paragraph or subparagraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that reference to some other provision is intended. | ||
(4) A reference in this Act to any enactment shall be construed as a reference to that enactment as amended or adapted by or under any subsequent enactment. |