S.L. 499.48 Art. 7Proof of compliance with Order.

(1) In the event that an air carriage contractor does not comply with the provisions of article 4 and a passenger makes a complaint in that sense to the Director, it shall be for the air carriage contractor to prove that compliance with the provisions of article 4 was effected and it shall be a defence for that air carriage contractor to show that he took all reasonable steps to avoid committing the offence.

(2) An air carriage contractor shall not be entitled to rely on the defence provided by subarticle (1) by reason of his reliance on information supplied by another, unless the air carriage contractor against whom proceedings have been commenced demonstrates that it was reasonable in all the circumstances to have relied on the information in question.

(3) If a ticket seller has not been informed of the identity of the operating air carrier, he shall not be responsible for not complying with the obligations provided for in this subarticle.