The Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 No. 2986

Restriction on the application of existing choice of law rules in tort cases E+W+N.I.

2.  After section 15 of the Private International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995(1) insert—

“Disapplication of Part III where the rules in the Rome II Regulation apply.

15A.— (1) Nothing in this Part applies to affect the determination of issues relating to tort which fall to be determined under the Rome II Regulation.

(2) In subsection (1) the “Rome II Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 864/2007 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to non-contractual obligations (2), including that Regulation as applied by regulation 6 of the Law Applicable to Non-Contractual Obligations (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2008 (conflicts solely between the laws of different parts of the United Kingdom or between one or more parts of the United Kingdom and Gibraltar).

(3) This section extends to England and Wales and Northern Ireland only.”.

Commencement Information

I1 Reg. 2 in force at 11.1.2009, see reg. 1(1)

(1)

1995 c.42.

(2)

OJ No. L 199, 31.7.2007, at p.40.