Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995

4 Part I: consequential amendments

(1) In section 24(1) of the [1947 c. 44.] Crown Proceedings Act 1947 (interest on debts etc.), after the word “interest)” there shall be inserted the words “and section 44A of the Administration of Justice Act 1970 (which enables the court to order an appropriate rate for a judgment debt expressed in a currency other than sterling)”.

(2) In Schedule 11 to the [1986 c. 5.] Agricultural Holdings Act 1986, in paragraph 22 (interest on awards), for the words “same rate as a judgment debt” there shall be substituted the words “same rate as that specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 at the date of the award”.

A corresponding amendment shall be deemed to have been made in paragraph 20B of Schedule 6 to the [1948 c. 63.] Agricultural Holdings Act 1948 in relation to any case to which it continues to apply.

(3) In section 10(3) of the [1994 c. 37.] Drug Trafficking Act 1994 (interest on sums unpaid under confiscation orders), for the words from “that” to the end there shall be substituted the words “the same rate as that specified in section 17 of the Judgments Act 1838 (interest on civil judgment debts)”.