37Jurisdiction: actions for declarator of recognition of certain foreign decrees
(1)The Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (c. 45) shall be amended in accordance with subsections (2) and (3).
(2)In section 7 (jurisdiction of Court of Session in certain consistorial causes)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)for “(2) to (8)” there shall be substituted “(2A) to (10)”; and
(ii)at the end there shall be inserted—
“(aa)an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree.”;
(b)in subsection (3A), after “marriage”, where it first occurs, there shall be inserted “or for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree”; and
(c)after subsection (8) there shall be added—
“(9)In this section, “relevant foreign decree” means a decree of divorce, nullity or separation granted outwith a member state of the European Union.
(10)References in subsection (3A) to a marriage shall, in the case of an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree, be construed as references to the marriage to which the relevant foreign decree relates.”.
(3)In section 8 (jurisdiction of sheriff court in certain consistorial causes)—
(a)in subsection (1)—
(i)for “(4)” there shall be substituted “(6)”;
(ii)the words from “an” to the end shall become paragraph (a) of that subsection; and
(iii)at the end there shall be added “and
(b)an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree.”;
(b)in subsection (2), after “divorce” there shall be inserted “or for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree”; and
(c)after subsection (4) there shall be added—
“(5)In this section, “relevant foreign decree” has the meaning given by section 7(9).
(6)References in subsection (2) to a marriage shall, in the case of an action for declarator of recognition, or non-recognition, of a relevant foreign decree, be construed as references to the marriage to which the relevant foreign decree relates.”.