Article 2 I1

United Kingdom

The Court of Session shall have power to do anything mentioned in section 27(1) or 28^f1 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 in relation to proceedings of the following descriptions, namely:–

(a)

proceedings commenced otherwise than in F1... F2 a 2005 Hague Convention State;

(b)

proceedings whose subject-matter is not within F3scope of the 2005 Hague Convention as determined by Articles 1 and 2 of that Convention.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: Words in art. 2(a) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 72(2)(a) (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2: Words in art. 2(a) substituted (1.10.2015) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements 2005) Regulations 2015 (S.I. 2015/1644), regs. 1(1), 22
F3: Words in art. 2(b) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/479), regs. 1(1), 72(2)(b) (with regs. 92-95) (as amended by S.I. 2020/1493, regs. 1(1), 5(2)-(5)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)

Commencement

I1: Art. 2 in force at 1.1.1998, see art. 1

Footnotes

f1: Section 28 was amended by the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 73), Schedule 2, paragraph 24 and the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991, Schedule 2, paragraph 12.