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Paragraph 20.1 Interpretation of rules 20.2 to 20.5

Changes not yet applied. Later legislation changes this provision in ways not yet written into the text below:

(1)

In rules 20.2 to 20.5–

  • “the European Court” means the Court of Justice of the European Communities;

  • “reference” means a reference to the European Court for–

    1. (a)

      a preliminary ruling under Article 234 of the E.E.C. Treaty, Article 150 of the Euratom Treaty or Article 41 of the E.C.S.C. Treaty; or

    2. (b)

      a ruling on the interpretation of the Conventions, as defined in section 1(1) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982, under Article 3 of Schedule 2 to that Actf1.

(2)

The expressions “E.E.C. Treaty”, “Euratom Treaty” and “E.C.S.C. Treaty” have the meanings assigned respectively in Schedule 1 to the European Communities Act 1972f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1

Schedule 2 was substituted by S.I. 1990/2591 and 2000/1824.

f2

1972 c. 68.