NOTICE under section 9K(1)(b) of CIVIL AVIATION (CARRIERS' LIABILITY) ACT 1959

I, Catherine King, Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government, declare in accordance with paragraph 9K(1)(b) of the Civil Aviation (Carriers' Liability) Act 1959 that the limits of liability under the Convention for the Unification of Certain Rules for International Carriage by Air, done at Montreal on 28 May 1999 (the "1999 Montreal Convention") have been revised in accordance with Article 24 of the 1999 Montreal Convention.

The revised limits which took effect as of 28 December 2024, for all States Parties to the Montreal Convention 1999, are as follows:

1. 151,880 SDRs for each passenger for damage sustained in case of death or bodily injury of a passenger (Article 21, 1999 Montreal Convention refers);
2. 6,303 SDRs for each passenger in relation to damage caused by delay in the
   carriage of persons (Article 22, paragraph 1, 1999 Montreal Convention refers);
3. 1,519 SDRs for each passenger in case of destruction, loss, damage or delay with respect to baggage (Article 22, paragraph 2, 1999 Montreal Convention refers); and
4. 26 SDRs per kilogram in the case of destruction, loss, damage or delay in relation to the carriage of cargo (Article 22, paragraph 3, 1999 Montreal Convention refers).

This Notice supersedes the Notice Pursuant to Civil Aviation (Carriers’ Liability) Act 1959 published in the Gazette on 6 December 2019 (C2019G01106).

This notice commences on publication in the Gazette.

CATHERINE KING

Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government

1 November 2025