The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1989

1.  This Order shall come into force on 1st October 1989 and may be cited as the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1989.

2.  In this Order “the Act” means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982.

3.  The following shall be inserted before the final item in section 1(1) of the Act–

““the 1982 Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession of the Hellenic Republic to the 1968 Convention and the 1971 Protocol, with the adjustments made to them by the Accession Convention, signed at Luxembourg on 25th October 1982;”

4.  The following shall be substituted for the final item in section 1(1) of the Act–

““the Conventions” means the 1968 Convention, the 1971 Protocol, the Accession Convention and the 1982 Accession Convention.”

5.  The following shall be substituted for section 1(2)(a) of the Act–

“(a) references to, or to any provision of, the 1968 Convention or the 1971 Protocol are references to that Convention, Protocol or provision as amended by the Accession Convention and the 1982 Accession Convention; and”

6.  The following shall be substituted for section 1(3) of the Act–

“(3) In this Act “Contracting State” means–

(a) one of the original parties to the 1968 Convention (Belgium, the Federal Republic of Germany, France, Italy, Luxembourg and The Netherlands); or

(b) one of the parties acceding to that Convention under the Accession Convention (Denmark, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom), or under the 1982 Accession Convention (the Hellenic Republic),

being a state in respect of which the Accession Convention has entered into force in accordance with Article 39 of that Convention, or being a state in respect of which the 1982 Accession Convention has entered into force in accordance with Article 15 of that Convention, as the case might be.”

7.  The following shall be substituted for section 2(2) of the Act–

“(2) For convenience of reference there are set out in Schedules 1, 2, 3 and 3A respectively the English texts of–

(a) the 1968 Convention as amended by Titles II and III of the Accession Convention and by Titles II and III of the 1982 Accession Convention;

(b) the 1971 Protocol as amended by Title IV of the Accession Convention and by Title IV of the 1982 Accession Convention;

(c) Titles V and VI of the Accession Convention (transitional and final provisions); and

(d) Titles V and VI of the 1982 Accession Convention (transitional and final provisions),

being texts prepared from the authentic English texts referred to in Articles 37 and 41 of the Accession Convention and in Article 17 of the 1982 Accession Convention.”

8.  The following shall be inserted after paragraph (b) of section 3(3) of the Act–

“; and

(c) the report by Professor Demetrios I. Evrigenis and Professor K. D. Kerameus on the 1982 Accession Convention(1),”

9.—(1) The text set out in Schedule 1 to this Order shall be substituted for the text set out in Schedule 1 to the Act.

(2) The text set out in Schedule 2 to this Order shall be substituted for the text set out in Schedule 2 to the Act.

(3) The text set out in Schedule 3 to this Order shall be inserted after Schedule 3 to the Act.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council