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(1)The High Court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland shall have power to grant interim relief where—
(a)proceedings have been or are to be commenced in a Contracting State other than the United Kingdom or in a part of the United Kingdom other than that in which the High Court in question exercises jurisdiction; and
(b)they are or will be proceedings whose subject-matter is within the scope of the 1968 Convention as determined by Article 1 (whether or not the Convention has effect in relation to the proceedings).
(2)On an application for any interim relief under subsection (1) the court may refuse to grant that relief if, in the opinion of the court, the fact that the court has no jurisdiction apart from this section in relation to the subject-matter of the proceedings in question makes it inexpedient for the court to grant it.
(3)Her Majesty may by Order in Council extend the power to grant interim relief conferred by subsection (1) so as to make it exercisable in relation to proceedings of any of the following descriptions, namely—
(a)proceedings commenced or to be commenced otherwise than in a Contracting State;
(b)proceedings whose subject-matter is not within the scope of the 1968 Convention as determined by Article 1;
(c)arbitration proceedings.
(4)An Order in Council under subsection (3)—
(a)may confer power to grant only specified descriptions of interim relief;
(b)may make different provision for different classes of proceedings, for proceedings pending in different countries or courts outside the United Kingdom or in different parts of the United Kingdom, and for other different circumstances; and
(c)may impose conditions or restrictions on the exercise of any power conferred by the Order.
(5)An Order in Council under subsection (3) which confers power to grant interim relief in relation to arbitration proceedings may provide for the repeal of any provision of section 12(6) of the M1Arbitration Act 1950 or section 21(1) of the M2Arbitration Act (Northern Ireland) 1937 to the extent that it is superseded by the provisions of the Order.
(6)Any Order in Council under subsection (3) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.
(7)In this section “interim relief”, in relation to the High Court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, means interim relief of any kind which that court has power to grant in proceedings relating to matters within its jurisdiction, other than—
(a)a warrant for the arrest of property; or
(b)provision for obtaining evidence.
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