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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-applicable-to-contractual-obligations-and-non-contractual-obligations-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2019/9780111180785",
  "legislation_title": "The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-law-applicable-to-contractual-obligations-and-non-contractual-obligations-amendment-etc-eu-exit-regulations-2019",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Amendment of the Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990",
  "text": "(1) The Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 is amended as follows.\n(2) For section 1 (meaning of “the Conventions”) substitute—\n“Meaning of “the Rome Convention”\n1. In this Act, a reference to the Rome Convention is a reference to the provisions contained in Schedule 1 (which is derived from the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations opened for signature in Rome on 19th June 1980).”.\n(3) In section 2 (Conventions to have force of law)—\n(a) for the heading substitute “Application of the Rome Convention”;\n(b) for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) The Rome Convention applies to contracts made on or after 1st April 1991.”;\n(c) omit subsections (1A), (2) and (4);\n(d) in subsection (3), for the words from “Notwithstanding” to “Conventions” substitute “The Rome Convention”.\n(4) In section 3 (interpretation of Conventions)—\n(a) in the heading, for “Conventions” substitute “the Rome Convention”;\n(b) for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) Any question as to the meaning or effect of any provision of the Rome Convention is to be decided in accordance with section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (interpretation of retained EU law).”;\n(c) omit subsection (2);\n(d) in subsection (3)(a)—\n(i) for “Rome Convention” substitute “Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations”; and\n(ii) for “that Convention” substitute “the Rome Convention”;\n(e) omit subsection (3)(b) and the “and” before it.\n(5) Omit section 4 (revision of Conventions).\n(6) In section 4A(2) (disapplication where the rules in the Rome I Regulation apply: England and Wales and Northern Ireland), for “conflicts falling within Article 22(2)” substitute “application”.\n(7) In section 4B(2) (disapplication where the rules in the Rome I Regulation apply: Scotland), for “conflicts falling within Article 22(2)” substitute “application”.\n(8) Omit section 8(2) and (3) (power to extend or modify the Act in relation to territories).\n(9) In Schedule 1 (the Rome Convention)—\n(a) in the words before Article 1 (statement as to the establishment of the Convention), omit the words from “The High Contracting Parties” to “Have agreed as follows:”;\n(b) in Article 1(3) (Convention to not apply to contracts of insurance covering risks in Member States)—\n(i) for “Member States” substitute “United Kingdom or any Member State”;\n(ii) omit the words from “In order” to the end;\n(c) in Article 2 (application of law of non-contracting states)—\n(i) for the heading substitute “Application of law of a country outside of the United Kingdom”;\n(ii) for “a Contracting State” substitute “the United Kingdom or a part of the United Kingdom”;\n(d) omit Article 7(1) (application of mandatory rules of the law of another country);\n(e) omit Article 10(1)(e) (applicable law shall govern the consequences of nullity of the contract);\n(f) omit Article 17 (no retrospective effect);\n(g) omit Article 19(2) (states with more than one legal system not bound to apply convention to internal disputes);\n(h) in Article 20 (precedence of Community law)—\n(i) in the heading, for “Community” substitute “retained EU”;\n(ii) for the words from “or will be contained” to the end substitute “contained in retained EU law”;\n(i) in Article 21 (relationship with other conventions), for “a Contracting State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;\n(j) omit from Article 22 to the end.\n(10) Omit Schedules 2 to 3B (the Luxembourg Convention, the Brussels Protocol, the Funchal Convention and the Accession Convention).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "1990 c. 36."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "Section 1 was amended by S.I. 1994/1900 and 2000/1825."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Section 2 was amended by S.I. 2000/1825 and 2001/3649."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f4",
      "text": "OJ No C282, 31.10.80, p.1."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f5",
      "text": "Section 4A was inserted by S.I. 2009/3064."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f6",
      "text": "Section 4B was inserted by S.S.I. 2009/410."
    }
  ],
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  "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."
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