Regulation 11 Amendments to Article 14

In Article 14—

(a)

in paragraph 1, for the words from “, as well as public bodies” to “where the action is brought,” substitute “have the right to take action before a court listed in paragraph 1A”;

(b)

after paragraph 1, insert—

“1A.

The courts referred to in paragraph 1 are:

(a)

in relation to England and Wales, the county court or the High Court;

(b)

in relation to Northern Ireland, a county court or the High Court;

(c)

in relation to Scotland, the sheriff court or the Court of Session.”;

(c)

omit paragraph 2;

(d)

in paragraph 3, point (a), for “a Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom or any part of it”;

(e)

omit paragraph 4;

(f)

in paragraph 5—

(i)

for “Member States” (where it first appears) substitute “The Secretary of State”;

(ii)

in point (a), for “their Member State” substitute “the United Kingdom”;

(iii)

omit point (b);

(iv)

omit the final sentence.

(g)

for paragraph 6, substitute—

“(6)

The Secretary of State must publish a list of any organisations or associations designated in accordance with paragraph 5. The list must specify the purpose of those organisations and associations. Changes to the list must be published as soon as is reasonably practicable.”;

(h)

in paragraph 7, for “organisation, association or public body” substitute “organisation or association”;

(i)

omit paragraph 8;

(j)

in paragraph 9, omit “before competent national courts, in accordance with the rules of the law of the Member State where the action is brought,”.