The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Norway) (Amendment) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Order 2020

Amendment of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Norway) Order, 1962

2.—(1) The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Norway) Order, 1962(1) is amended as follows.

(2) In article 2—

(a) for “superior” substitute “recognised”;

(b) for “County Courts” substitute “District Courts”, and

(c) for “City Courts” substitute “Conciliation Boards”.

(3) In each of the following, for “superior” substitute “recognised”—

(a) article 3;

(b) article 5, and

(c) article 6.

(4) For article 4 substitute the following—

“4.— (1) An application for the registration of a judgment of a recognised court of the Kingdom of Norway must be accompanied by an affidavit or other written and sworn evidence of the facts as required by the relevant rules of court.

(2) That evidence must include a statement that specifies whether at the date of application—

(a) the judgment can be enforced in the Kingdom of Norway, and

(b) the time for appeal has elapsed without any proceedings by way of appeal having been instituted against that judgment.

(3) In this article, “the relevant rules of court” means the rules of court applicable in the court to which the application has been made.”.

(1)

S.I. 1962/636.