The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1993

Statutory Instruments

1993 No. 603

JUDGMENTS

The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 1993

Made

10th March 1993

Coming into force

1st April 1993

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of March 1993

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982(1) gave the force of law in the United Kingdom to a Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters(2) which was signed on 27th September 1968 and to a Convention on the accession to that Convention of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland(3), which was ratified by Her Majesty’s Government on 7 October 1986:

And whereas Schedule 4 to that Act contains a modified version of Title II of the 1968 Convention for determining jurisdiction as between the various parts of the United Kingdom and Schedule 8 contains rules deriving in part from those in Title II for determining jurisdiction in Scotland:

And whereas by section 14(1) of that Act, if at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of either of the above-mentioned Conventions, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such modifications of that Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision:

And whereas a Convention providing for the accession of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic to the 1968 Convention and making amendments to Title II of that Convention(4) was signed on 26 May 1989, and in consequence Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of the above-mentioned Conventions:

And whereas each House of Parliament has by a resolution approved a draft of this Order:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 14 of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

(1)

1982 c. 27; relevant amending instruments are S.I. 1989/1346, 1990/2591.

(2)

OJ No. L 304, 30.10.1978, p.36.

(3)

OJ No. L 304, 30.10.1978, p.1.

(4)

OJ No. L 285, 30.10.1989, p.1 and S.I. 1990/2591.