{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-2006/section-37",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-2006/section-37.json",
  "legislation": "asp/2006/2",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-2006",
  "path": "section/37",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "37",
  "heading": "Jurisdiction: actions for declarator of recognition of certain foreign decrees",
  "text": "(1) The Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (c. 45) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).\n(2) In section 7 (jurisdiction of Court of Session in certain consistorial causes)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “(2) to (8)” there shall be substituted “ (2A) to (10) ”; and\n(ii) at the end there shall be inserted—\n“(aa) an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree.”;\n(b) in subsection (3A), after “marriage”, where it first occurs, there shall be inserted “ or for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree ”; and\n(c) after subsection (8) there shall be added—\n“(9) In this section, “relevant foreign decree” means a decree of divorce, nullity or separation granted outwith a member state of the European Union.\n(10) References in subsection (3A) to a marriage shall, in the case of an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree, be construed as references to the marriage to which the relevant foreign decree relates.”.\n(3) In section 8 (jurisdiction of sheriff court in certain consistorial causes)—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) for “(4)” there shall be substituted “ (6) ”;\n(ii) the words from “an” to the end shall become paragraph (a) of that subsection; and\n(iii) at the end there shall be added\n“and\n(b) an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree.”;\n(b) in subsection (2), after “divorce” there shall be inserted “ or for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree ”; and\n(c) after subsection (4) there shall be added—\n“(5) In this section, “relevant foreign decree” has the meaning given by section 7(9).\n(6) References in subsection (2) to a marriage shall, in the case of an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree, be construed as references to the marriage to which the relevant foreign decree relates.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "I",
      "label": "I1",
      "text": "S. 37 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (with art. 4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/asp/2006/2/section/37",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T20:16:18.094952+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."
}