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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-4/part-TITLE/II/chapter-Section/5/crossheading-article-16",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/schedule-4/part-TITLE/II/chapter-Section/5/crossheading-article-16.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/4/part/TITLE/II/chapter/Section/5/crossheading/article-16",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 16",
  "text": "The following courts shall have exclusive jurisdiction, regardless of domicile:\n(1)(a)in proceedings which have as their object rightsin rem in immovable property or tenancies of immovable property, the courts of thepart of the United Kingdom in which the property is situated;\n(b)however, in proceedings which have as their object tenancies of immovable property concluded for temporary private use for a maximum period of six consecutive months, the courts of thepart of the United Kingdom in which the defendant is domiciled shall also have jurisdiction, provided that the landlord and the tenant are natural persons and are domiciled in the same part of the United Kingdom;\n(2)in proceedings which have as their object the validity of the constitution, the nullity or the dissolution of companies or other legal persons or associations of natural or legal persons . . .the courts of thepart of the United Kingdomin which the company, legal person or association has its seat;\n(3)in proceedings which have as their object the validity of entries in public registers, the courts of thepart of the United Kingdomin which the register is kept;\n. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .\n(5)in proceedings concerned with the enforcement of judgments, the courts of thepart of the United Kingdomin which the judgment has been or is to be enforced.",
  "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"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Sch. 4 art. 16(1) substituted (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/603, art. 2(c)."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/schedule/4/part/TITLE/II/chapter/Section/5/crossheading/article-16",
    "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."
}