Introductory text

Whereas the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982^f1 gave the force of law in the United Kingdom to a Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters^f2 which was signed on 27th September 1968 and to a Convention on the accession to that Convention of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland^f3, which was ratified by Her Majesty’s Government on 7 October 1986:

And whereas Schedule 4 to that Act contains a modified version of Title II of the 1968 Convention for determining jurisdiction as between the various parts of the United Kingdom and Schedule 8 contains rules deriving in part from those in Title II for determining jurisdiction in Scotland:

And 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 the above-mentioned Conventions, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such modifications of that Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision:

And whereas a Convention providing for the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 1968 Convention and making amendments to Title II of that Convention^f4 was signed on 26 May 1989, and in consequence Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of the above-mentioned Conventions:

And whereas each House of Parliament has by a resolution approved a draft of this Order: