SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1Staying of Matrimonial Proceedings (England and Wales)
Interpretation
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The following five paragraphs have effect for the interpretation of this Schedule.
2
" Matrimonial proceedings " means any proceedings so far as they are one or more of the five following kinds, namely, proceedings for—
divorce,
judicial separation,
nullity of marriage,
a declaration as to the validity of a marriage of the petitioner, and
a declaration as to the subsistence of such a marriage.
3
1
" Another jurisdiction" means any country outside England and Wales.
2
" Related jurisdiction " means any of the following countries, namely, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man (the reference to Guernsey being treated as including Alderney and Sark).
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1
References to the trial or first trial in any proceedings do not include references to the separate trial of an issue as to jurisdiction only.
2
For purposes of this Schedule, proceedings in the court are continuing if they are pending and not stayed.
5
Any reference in this Schedule to proceedings in another jurisdiction is to proceedings in a court of that jurisdiction, and to any other proceedings in that jurisdiction, which are of a description prescribed for the purposes of this paragraph; and provision may be made by rules of court as to when proceedings of any description in another jurisdiction are continuing for the purposes of this Schedule.
6
" Prescribed " means prescribed by rules of court.