Restriction on the application of existing choice of law rules on prescription and limitation3
In section 23A (private international law application) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 19735—
a
in subsection (4), after “contained in” insert “the Rome I Regulation or”; and
b
in subsection (5) after “subsection 4” insert—
a
“the Rome I Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I), including that Regulation as applied by regulation 4 of the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (conflicts falling within Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008), and (b)