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Regulation 2 Amendments to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982I1

United Kingdom

(1)

The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982f1 is amended in accordance with this regulation.

(2)

In section 1(1), for the definition of “the Regulation” substitute—

  • ““the Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 44/2001 of 22nd December 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, as amended from time to time and as applied by the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ No. L 299 16.11.2005 at p62).”.

(3)

In section 1(3)—

(a)

for the definition of “Brussels Contracting State” substitute—

  • ““Brussels Contracting State” means a state which is one of the original parties to the 1968 Convention or one of the parties acceding to that Convention under the Accession Convention, or under the 1982 Accession Convention, or under the 1989 Accession Convention, but only with respect to any territory–

    1. (a)

      to which the Brussels Conventions apply; and

    2. (b)

      which is excluded from the scope of the Regulation pursuant to Article 299 of the Treaty establishing the European Community;”; and

(b)

for the definition of “Regulation State” substitute—

  • ““Regulation State” in any provision, in the application of that provision in relation to the Regulation, means a Member State.”.

Annotations

Commencement

I1

Reg. 2 in force at 1.7.2007, see reg. 1

Footnotes

f1

1982 c.27. There are relevant amendments in S.I. 1989/1346, S.I. 1990/2591, S.I. 2000/1824 and S.I. 2001/3929, and in the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (1991 c.12).