# Late Payment of Commercial Debts (Interest) Act 1998, Section 12: Conflict of laws.


(1) This Act does not have effect in relation to a contract governed by the law of a part of the United Kingdom by choice of the parties if—
(a) there is no significant connection between the contract and that part of the United Kingdom; and
(b) but for that choice, the applicable law would be a foreign law.
(2) This Act has effect in relation to a contract governed by a foreign law by choice of the parties if—
(a) but for that choice, the applicable law would be the law of a part of the United Kingdom; and
(b) there is no significant connection between the contract and any country other than that part of the United Kingdom.
(3) In this section—
“contract” means a contract falling within section 2(1); and
“foreign law” means the law of a country outside the United Kingdom.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1998/20/section/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/late-payment-of-commercial-debts-interest-act-1998/section-12
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