F1PART 74ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN DIFFERENT JURISDICTIONS

Scope of this Part and interpretation74.1

(1)

Section I of this Part applies to the enforcement in England and Wales of judgments of foreign courts.

(2)

Section II applies to the enforcement in foreign countries of judgments of the High Court and of F2the County Court.

(3)

Section III applies to the enforcement of United Kingdom judgments in other parts of the United Kingdom.

(4)

Section IV applies to the enforcement in England and Wales of European Community judgments and Euratom inspection orders.

F3(4A)

Section V applies to—

(a)

the certification of judgments and court settlements in England and Wales as European Enforcement Orders; and

(b)

the enforcement in England and Wales of judgments, court settlements and authentic instruments certified as European Enforcement Orders by other Member States.

F4(4B)

Section VI applies to—

(a)

the certification in England and Wales of outgoing protection measures; and

(b)

the enforcement in England and Wales of certified protection measures from Member States of the European Union other than the United Kingdom or Denmark.

(5)

In this Part—

(a)

“the 1920 Act” means the Administration of Justice Act 192016;

(b)

“the 1933 Act” means the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 193317;

(c)

“the 1982 Act” means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 198218;

F5(d)

“the Judgments Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast), as amended from time to time and as applied pursuant to the Agreement made on 19 October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters;

(For application of the recast Judgments Regulation to Denmark, see also the Official Journal of the European Union at OJ L79, 21.3.2013. p.4)

F6(e)

“the EEO Regulation” means Council Regulation (EC) No 805/2004 creating a European Enforcement Order for uncontested claims.

F7(f)

“the Lugano Convention” means the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark and signed by the European Community on 30th October 2007;

F8(g)

“the 2005 Hague Convention” means the Convention on Choice of Court Agreements concluded on 30th June 2005 at the Hague.

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