{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/section-3C",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/civil-jurisdiction-and-judgments-act-1982/section-3C.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": "section/3C",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "3C",
  "heading": "The 1996 Hague Convention to have the force of law",
  "text": "(1) The 1996 Hague Convention shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom.\n(2) For the purposes of this Act the 1996 Hague Convention is to be read together with the following declarations made by the United Kingdom on 27th July 2012—\n(a) the declaration under Article 29 of the Convention, concerning applicable territorial units;\n(b) the declaration under Article 34 of the Convention, concerning communication of requests under paragraph 1 of that Article;\n(c) the declaration under Article 54 of the Convention, concerning the use of French.\n(3) For convenience of reference there are set out in Schedules 3D and 3E respectively—\n(a) the English text of the 1996 Hague Convention;\n(b) the declarations referred to in subsection (2).",
  "extent": "E+W+S+N.I.",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Ss. 3C-3E inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), ss. 1(2), 4(3) (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 paras. 7, 8)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1982/27/section/3C",
    "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."
}