Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

15 Interpretation of Part I and consequential amendments. U.K.

(1) In this Part, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “judgment” has the meaning given by Article 25;

• “maintenance order” means a maintenance judgment within the meaning of the 1968 Convention [F1 or, as the case may be, the Lugano Convention];

• “payer”, in relation to a maintenance order, means the person liable to make payments for which the order provides;

• “prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court.

(2) References in this Part to a judgment registered under section 4 or 5 include, to the extent of its registration, references to a judgment so registered to a limited extent only.

(3) Anything authorised or required by the 1968 Convention [F2 the Lugano Convention] or this Part to be done by, to or before a particular magistrates’ court may be done by, to or before any magistrates’ court acting for the same petty sessions area (or, in Northern Ireland, petty sessions district) as that court.

X1 (4) The enactments specified in Part I of Schedule 12 shall have effect with the amendments specified there, being amendments consequential on this Part.

Editorial Information

X1 The text of ss. 15(4), 16(5), 23(2), 35(2)(3), 36(6), 37(2), 38, 40(3), 54, Schs. 10–12 and 14 is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.

Textual Amendments

F1 Words in s. 15(1) inserted (1.5.1992) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12, SIF 45:3), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 10(a) (with s. 4); S.I. 1992/745, art.2

F2 Words in s. 15(3) inserted (1.5.1992) by Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1991 (c. 12, SIF 45:3), s. 3, Sch. 2 para. 10(b) (with s. 4); S.I. 1992/745, art.2

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 S. 15(2)(3) applied (1.4.1993) by S.I. 1993/604, art. 6.