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Statutory Instruments

1973 No. 611

JUDGMENTS

The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Isle of Man) Order 1973

Made

29th March 1973

Coming into Operation

1st May 1973

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 29th day of March 1973

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas Her Majesty is satisfied that in the event of the benefits conferred by Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 being extended to judgments given in the superior courts of the Isle of Man substantial reciprocity of treatment will be ensured as respects the enforcement in the Isle of Man of judgments given in the superior courts of the United Kingdom:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, in pursuance of section 1 of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 as extended by the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments (General Application to His Majesty's Dominions, etc.) Order 1933(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Isle of Man) Order 1973 and shall come into operation on 1st May 1973.

2.  Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 shall extend to the Isle of Man.

3.  Her Majesty's High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man (including the Staff of Government Division) shall be deemed the superior court of the Isle of Man for the purposes of the said Part I.

W.G. Agnew

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order extends Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933 to the judgments of the High Court of Justice of the Isle of Man (including the Staff of Government Division). Such judgments given after 1st May 1973 will be enforceable in the United Kingdom upon registration in the High Court, the Court of Session or the High Court in Northern Ireland.

(1)

(Rev. XI, p. 163: 1933, p. 953).