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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3C/part-TITLE/IV/crossheading-article-50",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1982/27",
  "legislation_title": "Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982",
  "path": "schedule/3C/part/TITLE/IV/crossheading/article-50",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 50",
  "text": "A document which has been formally drawn up or registered as an authentic instrument and is enforceable in one Contracting State shall, in another Contracting State, be declared enforceable there, on application made in accordance with the procedures provided for in Articles 31et seq. The application may be refused only if enforcement of the instrument is contrary to public policy in the State addressed.\nThe instrument produced must satisfy the conditions necessary to establish its authenticity in the State of origin.\nThe provisions of Section 3 of Title III shall apply as appropriate.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 substituted (1.1.2001) by The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 2000 (S.I. 2000/1824), arts. 1, 8(1), Sch. 1"
    }
  ],
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    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:12:10.218317+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}