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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982-amendment-order-1990/introduction",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1990/2591",
  "legislation_title": "The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1990",
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  "heading": "Introductory text",
  "text": "JUDGMENTS\nMade 19th December 1990\nComing into force in accordance with article 1\nAt the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1990\nPresent,\nThe Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council\nWhereas a Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters was signed on 27th September 1968;\nAnd whereas a Protocol on the Interpretation of the Convention by the Court of Justice of the European Communities was signed on 3rd June 1971:\nAnd whereas a Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Convention, signed by Her Majesty’s Government on 9th October 1978, was ratified on 7th October 1986 by Her Majesty’s Government and entered into force for the United Kingdom on 1st January 1987:\nAnd whereas the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 gave the force of law to these Conventions and to the Protocol in the United Kingdom:\nAnd whereas by section 14(1) of that Act, if at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of either of these Conventions or the Protocol, including in particular any revision connected with the accession to the 1968 Convention of one or more further states, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such modifications of that Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision:\nAnd whereas a Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 1968 Convention was signed on 26th May 1989, and in consequence Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of the above mentioned Conventions and Protocol:\nAnd whereas each House of Parliament has by a resolution approved a draft of this Order:\nNow, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 14 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:",
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      "label": "f1",
      "text": "OJ No. L 304, 30.10.1978, p.36."
    },
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      "label": "f2",
      "text": "OJ No. L 304, 30.10.1978, p.50."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "OJ No. L 304, 30.10.1978, p.1."
    },
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      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "1982 c. 27, as amended by S.I. 1989/1346."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "OJ No. L 285, 3.10.1989, p.1."
    }
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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