Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27)

SCHEDULES

[F1 Schedule 3C U.K. Text of the Lugano Convention]

Textual Amendments

F1 Sch. 3C inserted (1.5.1992) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12, SIF 45:3), s. 1(3), Sch. 1 (with s. 4); S.I. 1992/745, art. 2

TITLE VIII U.K. FINAL PROVISIONS

Article 61 U.K.

1 This Convention shall be opened for signature by the States members of the European Communities or of the European Free Trade Association.

2 The Convention shall be submitted for ratification by the signatory States. The instruments of ratification shall be deposited with the Swiss Federal Council.

3 The Convention shall enter into force on the first day of the third month following the date on which two States, of which one is a member of the European Communities and the other a member of the European Free Trade Association, deposit their instruments of ratification.

4 The Convention shall take effect in relation to any other signatory State on the first day of the third month following the deposit of its instrument of ratification.