Article 1

This Order may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Australia) Order 1994. It shall come into force on the date on which the Agreement between the Government of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and the Government of Australia, signed at Canberra on 23rd August 1990, providing for the reciprocal recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters shall enter into force, which date shall be notified in the London, Edinburgh and Belfast Gazettes.