Article 3 Amendments to theMagistrates’ Courts (Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982) Rules (Northern Ireland) 1986

For rule 2, insert—

• ““the 1982 Act” means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982;

• “the 1968 Convention”, “Contracting State” and “the Lugano Convention” have the same meaning as in the 1982 Act;

• “the 1988 Convention” means the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters done at Lugano on 16th September 1988;

• “the Hague Protocol” means the Protocol on the Law Applicable to Maintenance Obligations done at The Hague on 23rd November 2007;

  references to “a maintenance order” include reference to a decision, a court settlement or an authentic instrument within the meaning of Article 2 of the Maintenance Regulation where that regulation applies;

• “the Maintenance Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 4/2009 of 18th December 2008 on jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of decisions and co-operation in matters relating to maintenance obligations^f1 including as applied in relation to Denmark by virtue of the Agreement made on 19th October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark^f2;

• “Regulation State” means a Member State of the European Union which is not bound by the Hague Protocol, or, where registration is sought for a maintenance order to which Article 75(2)(a) or (b) of the Maintenance Regulation applies, the Member State of the European Union from which the order originated.”