Restriction on the application of existing choice of law rules on prescription and limitation
3. In section 23A (private international law application) of the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973(1)—
(a)in subsection (4), after “contained in” insert “the Rome I Regulation or”; and
(b)in subsection (5) after “subsection 4” insert—
“(a)“the Rome I Regulation” means Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008 of the European Parliament and of the Council on the law applicable to contractual obligations (Rome I), including that Regulation as applied by regulation 4 of the Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations (Scotland) Regulations 2009 (conflicts falling within Article 22(2) of Regulation (EC) No. 593/2008), and (b)”.
1973 c.52. Section 23A was inserted by the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1984 (c.45) and amended by S.S.I. 2008/404.