2. The High Court in England and Wales or Northern Ireland shall have power to grant interim relief under section 25(1) of the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 in relation to proceedings of the following descriptions, namely—U.K.
(a)proceedings commenced or to be commenced otherwise than in a Brussels or Lugano Contracting State;
(b)proceedings whose subject-matter is not within the scope of the 1968 Convention as determined by Article 1 thereof.