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3.—(1) In this Part “judgment” means a judgment of a court of a member State other than the United Kingdom which orders the divorce of, annulment of the marriage of, or the judicial separation of a married same sex couple.
(2) In paragraph (1) a “court of a member State” means any authority, whether judicial or administrative, in a member State with jurisdiction in those matters falling within the scope of these Regulations.
(3) This Part applies to all judgments even if the date of the judgment is earlier than the date on which paragraph 2 of Schedule 1B to the Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 and these Regulations come into force.