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Citation and commencementU.K.

1.  This Order may be cited as the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Order 2001 and shall come into force—

(a)as to articles 1 and 2, paragraphs 1(a), 1(b)(ii) and 17 of Schedule 2 and, so far as it relates to those paragraphs, article 4, on 25th January 2002; and

(b)as to the remainder of this Order, on 1st March 2002.

InterpretationU.K.

2.—(1) In this Order—

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

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  • F2...

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(2) In Schedule 2 to this Order, a section, Part, Schedule or paragraph referred to by number alone is a reference to the section, Part, Schedule or paragraph so numbered in the Act.

The RegulationU.K.

F43.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

The 2005 AgreementU.K.

F53A.  . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Amendments to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982U.K.

4.  Schedule 2 to this Order (which makes amendments to the Act) shall have effect.

Consequential amendmentsU.K.

5.  Schedule 3 to this Order (which makes consequential amendments) shall have effect.

Transitional provisionsU.K.

6.—(1) Where proceedings are begun before 1st March 2002 in any part of the United Kingdom on the basis of jurisdiction determined in accordance with section 16 of, and Schedule 4 to, the Act, the proceedings may be continued as if the amendments made by paragraphs 3 and 4 of Schedule 2 to this Order had not been made and those amendments shall not apply in respect of any proceedings begun before that date.

(2) Where proceedings are begun before 1st March 2002 in any court in Scotland on the basis of jurisdiction determined in accordance with section 20 of, and Schedule 8 to, the Act, the proceedings may be continued as if the amendments made by paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 2 to this Order had not been made and those amendments shall not apply in respect of any proceedings begun before that date.

A.K. Galloway

Clerk of the Privy Council

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