Textual Amendments
F1Schedule 3A inserted by S.I. 1990/1333, reg. 6(2)
Editorial Information
X1The existing provisions of Sch. 3A (paras. 1-5) became Sch. 1A Pt. I with effect from 20.05.1993 when a new Pt. I heading was inserted. Versions of those provisions as they stood at any time on or after that date cannot be accessed by navigation from this version. To view those versions, it is recommended that users either conduct a search on the current date or navigate via the Sch. 3A heading.
X25(1)Subject to the preceding provisions of this Schedule, a court in a part of the United Kingdom shall apply the general rules of private international law of that part of the United Kingdom concerning contractual obligations.
(2)In particular, reference shall be made to those rules—
(a)to ascertain for the purposes of paragraph 1(1) and (4) what freedom of choice the parties have under the law of a part of the United Kingdom; and
(b)to determine whether the mandatory rules of another member State should be applied in accordance with paragraph 3(1) where the law otherwise applicable is the law of a part of the United Kingdom.
Editorial Information
X2The existing provisions of Sch. 3A (paras. 1-5) became Sch. 1A Pt. I with effect from 20.05.1993 when a new Pt. I heading was inserted. Versions of those provisions as they stood at any time on or after that date cannot be accessed by navigation from this version. To view those versions, it is recommended that users either conduct a search on the current date or navigate via the Sch. 3A heading.