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Explanatory note

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(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order appoints 1st May 1996 as the day on which Part III of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995 shall come into force for the whole of the United Kingdom. Part III establishes new choice of law rules in relation to proceedings brought in England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of a tort or delict.