Article 14 Amendments to the Civil Procedure Rules 1998

In rule 12.11—

(a)

in paragraph (4), for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

the claim under the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 or the Judgments Regulation, was served in accordance with rules 6.19(1) or 6.19(1A) as appropriate;”; and

(b)

in paragraph (6)—

(i)

for sub-paragraph (a) substitute—

“(a)

“domicile” is to be determined—

(i)

in relation to a Convention territory, in accordance with sections 41 to 46 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982;

(ii)

in relation to a Regulation State, in accordance with the Judgments Regulation and paragraphs 9 to 12 of Schedule 1 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Order 2001;”;

(ii)

at the end of sub-paragraph (c), delete “and”; and

(iii)

after sub-paragraph (d), insert—

“(e)

“the Judgments 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; and

(f)

“Regulation State” has the same meaning as “Member State” in the Judgments Regulation, that is all Member States except Denmark.”