For section 5(b) of the Law Reform (Contributory Negligence) Act 1945 (application to Scotland) there shall be substituted— (b) section 3 of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940 (contribution among joint wrongdoers) shall apply in any case where two or more persons are liable, or would if they had all been sued be liable, by virtue of section 1(1) of this Act in respect of the damage suffered by any person.
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(1) In section 4(1) of the Carriage by Air Act 1961 (limitation of liability) paragraph (a) shall be omitted. (2) In section 5(2) of that Act, for the word “tortfeasors” there shall be substituted the words “persons liable for any damage to which the Convention relates”.
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In section 5(1) of the Carriage of Goods by Road Act 1965 (exclusion, as respects carriers of the general laww with respect to contribution between persons liable for the same damage), for the words from “section 6(1)(c)” to “(Northern Ireland) 1937” there shall be substituted the words “section 1 of the Civil Liability (Contribution) Act 1978”.
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