PART 2Amendment of primary legislation

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1

Section 16 (allocation within UK of jurisdiction in certain civil proceedings) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1)(a), for “has effect” substitute “would have had effect before F1IP completion day.

3

After subsection (1), insert—

1A

This section and Schedule 4 do not apply for the purposes of determining jurisdiction in proceedings in relation to which section 15B, 15C or 15D(2) applies, except as specified in those sections.

4

In subsection (3)(b), for “the reports mentioned in section 3(3)” substitute “the expert reports relating to the 1968 Convention”.

5

After subsection (3) insert—

3A

The requirement in subsection (3)(a) applies only in relation to principles laid down, or decisions made, by the European Court before F2IP completion day.

6

In subsection (4)—

a

omit “the Regulation,”;

b

omit “the 1968 Convention, the Lugano Convention”;

c

for “section 17” substitute “sections 15B, 15C, 15D and 17”.