[F18.—(1) Nothing in these Regulations affects the application of paragraphs 1, 2(b) and (c) and 3(a) and (b) of Article 67 of the withdrawal agreement and legislation amended or revoked by these Regulations continues to have effect for the purposes of those paragraphs as if the amendments and revocations had not been made.
(2) The amendments and revocations made by these Regulations do not apply in relation to—
(a)proceedings before a court seised before IP completion day in reliance upon the provisions of Schedule 6 (allocation within the United Kingdom of jurisdiction relating to maintenance matters) to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011; or
(b)proceedings before a court seised, whether before or after IP completion day, in reliance upon a choice of court agreement concluded before IP completion day in accordance with Article 4 of Council Regulation No. 4/2009 or that Article as applied by paragraph 5 of Schedule 6 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Maintenance) Regulations 2011.
(3) For the purposes of this regulation, a court is seised—
(a)at the time when the document instituting the proceedings or an equivalent document is lodged with the court, provided that the applicant has not subsequently failed to take the steps the applicant was required to take to have service effected on the respondent; or
(b)if the document has to be served before being lodged with the court, at the time when it is received by the authority responsible for service, provided that the applicant has not subsequently failed to take the steps the applicant was required to take to have the document lodged with the court.]
Textual Amendments
F1Reg. 8 substituted (17.12.2020) by The Jurisdiction, Judgments and Applicable Law (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1574), regs. 1, 5(2)
Commencement Information
I1Reg. 8 in force on IP completion day (in accordance with 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)), see reg. 1(1)