Regulation 4 Amendment of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995I1F1

The Private International (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 is amended as follows.

In section 15A (disapplication of Part III where the rules in the Rome II Regulation apply), for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)

In this section “the Rome II Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations as that Regulation has effect as retained direct EU legislation (including that Regulation as applied by regulation 6 of the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008), unless the issues are ones in respect of which Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 has effect by virtue of Article 66 of the EU withdrawal agreement, in which case it means that Regulation as it has effect by virtue of that Article.”.

In section 15B (disapplication of Part III where the rules in the Rome II Regulation apply: Scotland), for subsection (2) substitute—

“(2)

In this section “the Rome II Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations as that Regulation has effect as retained direct EU legislation (including that Regulation as applied by regulation 4 of the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (Scotland) Regulations 2008), unless the issues are ones in respect of which Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 has effect by virtue of Article 66 of the EU withdrawal agreement, in which case it means that Regulation as it has effect by virtue of that Article.”.