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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-foreign-judgments-australia-order-1994/schedule/part-2",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/1901",
  "legislation_title": "The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Australia) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/reciprocal-enforcement-of-foreign-judgments-australia-order-1994",
  "path": "schedule/part/2",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "ARTICLE 2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Subject to paragraph (2) and to paragraph (3) of this Article, a judgment of a court of a Party, whether given before or after the entry into force of this Agreement, shall be recognised and enforced in the territory of the other Party on terms no less favourable than those—\n(a) applicable to the recognition and enforcement of such judgments at the date of this Agreement, including the terms contained in the following provisions—\n(i) In Australia—\n(aa) the Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984 (Australia);\n(bb) the Foreign Judgments Act 1973 of New South Wales;\n(cc) the Foreign Judgments Act 1962 of Victoria;\n(dd) the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act 1959 of Queensland;\n(ee) the Foreign Judgments Act 1963 of Western Australia;\n(ff) the Foreign Judgments Act 1971 of South Australia;\n(gg) Part X of the Supreme Court Civil Procedure Act 1932 of Tasmania;\n(hh) the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 1954 of the Australian Capital Territory;\n(ii) the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act of the Northern Territory of Australia;\n(jj) the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 1978 of the Territory of Norfolk Island;\n(kk) the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance 1977 of the Territory of Christmas Island;\n(ll) the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Ordinance as amended by the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments (Amendment) Ordinance 1963 of the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands;\n(ii) in the United Kingdom—\n(aa) Part II of the Administration of Justice Act 1920, in respect of the Territory of Christmas Island, the Territory of Cocos (Keeling) Islands, New South Wales, the Territory of Norfolk Island, the Northern Territory of Australia, Queensland, South Australia, Tasmania, Victoria and Western Australia;\n(bb) the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933;\n(cc) the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980;\n(b) provided by the law generally applicable in the registering court to the recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments at the date when application for recognition or enforcement is made.\n(2) A judgment of a court of a Party, obtained under—\n(a) section 10 of the Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984 of Australia, in a case where the judgment is founded on an instrument made under section 9(1) of that Act which includes a statement that the Attorney-General is satisfied in accordance with paragraph 9(1)(b)(ii) of that Act; or\n(b) section 6 of the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 of the United Kingdom,\nshall be entitled to be recognised and enforced in the territory of the other Party, in accordance with the provisions in the United Kingdom of section 7 of the Protection of Trading Interests Act 1980 and in Australia of section 12 of the Foreign Proceedings (Excess of Jurisdiction) Act 1984.\n(3) Notice of any amendment to or repeal of any provision listed in sub-paragraph (1)(a) of this Article dealing with the terms of recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments shall be given to the other Party through the diplomatic channel at least three months, or such other time as may be mutually arranged between the Parties, before the amendment or repeal takes effect.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/1901/schedule/part/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:29:16.486600+00:00"
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  "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."
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