Regulation 17 Amendments to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982I1

Section 25 is amended as follows.

In subsections (1)(a) and (3)(a) for “or Lugano Contracting State” substitute “Contracting State or a State bound by the Lugano Convention”.

In subsection (1) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

they are or will be proceedings whose subject-matter is either within the scope of the Regulation as determined by Article 1 of the Regulation or within the scope of the Lugano Convention as determined by Article 1 of the Lugano Convention (whether or not the Regulation or the Lugano Convention has effect in relation to the proceedings).”.

In subsection (3) for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

proceedings whose subject-matter is not within the scope either of the Regulation as determined by Article 1 of the Regulation or the Lugano Convention as determined by Article 1 of the Lugano Convention.”.