Part IIU.K. Recognition of Divorces, Annulments and Legal Separations

SupplementalU.K.

54 Interpretation of Part II.U.K.

(1)In this Part—

annulment” includes any decree or declarator of nullity of marriage, however expressed;

  • [F1“the Council Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No. 2201/2003 of 27th November 2003 concerning jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and matters of parental responsibility;]

    part of the United Kingdom” means England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;

  • proceedings” means judicial or other proceedings.

(2)In this Part “country” includes a colony or other dependent territory of the United Kingdom but for the purposes of this Part a person shall be treated as a national of such a territory only if it has a law of citizenship or nationality separate from that of the United Kingdom and he is a citizen or national of that territory under that law.