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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-applicable-to-contractual-obligations-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-3",
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  "legislation": "ssi/2009/410",
  "legislation_title": "The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Scotland) Regulations 2009",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-applicable-to-contractual-obligations-scotland-regulations-2009",
  "path": "regulation/3",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "3",
  "heading": "Restriction on the application of existing choice of law rules on prescription and limitation",
  "text": "In section 23A (private international law application) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 —\n(a) in subsection (4), after “contained in” insert “ the Rome I Regulation or ”; and\n(b) in subsection (5) after “subsection 4” insert—\n“(a) “the Rome I Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I), including that Regulation as applied by regulation 4 of the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (conflicts falling within Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008), and (b)”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1973 c.52. Section 23A was inserted by the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.45) and amended by S.S.I. 2008/404."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/410/regulation/3",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-28T21:58:40.441120+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."
}