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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-applicable-to-contractual-obligations-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-applicable-to-contractual-obligations-scotland-regulations-2009/regulation-4.json",
  "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/4",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Application of Regulation (EC) No 593/2008",
  "text": "... Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I) as that Regulation has effect as assimilated direct legislation, shall, with the exception of Article 7 (insurance contracts) , apply in the case of conflicts between—\n(a) the laws of different parts of the United Kingdom, or\n(b) the laws of one or more parts of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar,\nas it applies in the case of conflicts between the laws of other countries.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 9(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 9(c) (as substituted by S.I. 2020/1574, regs. 1, 6(11)); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in reg. 4 substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Regulations 2023 (S.S.I. 2023/374), reg. 1(1), sch. 2 para. 14"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Reg. 4 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 9(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)"
    },
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "Implementation of Article 7 of Rome I is dealt with in S.I. 2009/3075."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2009/410/regulation/4",
    "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."
}