{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3F/part/chapter-IV/crossheading-declarations-with-respect-to-specific-matters",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-3F/part/chapter-IV/crossheading-declarations-with-respect-to-specific-matters.json",
  "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/3F/part/chapter/IV/crossheading/declarations-with-respect-to-specific-matters",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": "Article 21",
  "heading": "Declarations with respect to specific matters",
  "text": "(1) Where a State has a strong interest in not applying this Convention to a specific matter, that State may declare that it will not apply the Convention to that matter. The State making such a declaration shall ensure that the declaration is no broader than necessary and that the specific matter excluded is clearly and precisely defined.\n(2) With regard to that matter, the Convention shall not apply—\n(a) in the Contracting State that made the declaration;\n(b) in other Contracting States, where an exclusive choice of court agreement designates the courts, or one or more specific courts, of the State that made the declaration.",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 3F inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 3 (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 para. 7)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/3F/part/chapter/IV/crossheading/declarations-with-respect-to-specific-matters",
    "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."
}