Registration and enforcement of judgments under the 2005 Hague Convention

6.—(1) Section 4B (registration and enforcement of judgments under the 2005 Hague Convention)(1) is amended as follows.

(2) For subsection (1) substitute—

“(1) Any interested party seeking recognition or enforcement of a judgment under the 2005 Hague Convention in any part of the United Kingdom must apply to the appropriate court in the prescribed(2) manner for the judgment to be registered.”.

(3) For subsection (3) substitute—

“(3) On an application under subsection (1), the court must register the judgment in the prescribed manner, without delay and without any review of whether a ground for refusal under the 2005 Hague Convention applies, if the court considers that—

(a) the requirements of Article 13 of the 2005 Hague Convention have been met, and

(b) the judgment—

(i) meets the condition in Article 8(3) of the 2005 Hague Convention, and

(ii) otherwise meets the requirements for recognition or enforcement under the 2005 Hague Convention.”.

(4) In subsection (5)—

(a) omit the words from “which” to “Convention”, and

(b) after “registered” insert “under this section”.

(5) In subsection (6), for the words from “which” to “Convention” substitute “registered under this section”.

(1)

Section 4B was inserted by S.I. 2015/1644.

(2)

“Prescribed” is defined in section 15 of the 1982 Act.