The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1989

Made13th June 1989

Coming into force29th June 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 13th day of June 1989

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Government of Canada, in a declaration a copy of which is set out in the Schedule to this Order, has designated the Northwest Territories as a province or territory of Canada to which the Convention Between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Canada Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters1 shall extend:

And whereas it is expedient to specify that the courts of the Northwest Territories are recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 19332:

Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of that Act and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1

This Order shall come into force on 29th June 1989 and may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1989.

2

The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 19873 shall be amended by adding in article 3 (which names the Canadian courts, including the courts of Provinces, which are to be recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933) after “New Brunswick”, the words “, the Northwest Territories”.

G. I. de DeneyClerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Canadian declaration extending to the Northwest Territories the Convention Between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters

Pursuant to Article XII, the Government of Canada declares that in addition to the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan, and the Yukon Territory, the Convention shall extend to the Northwest Territories. An application in the Northwest Territories for the registration of a judgment given by a court of the United Kingdom may be made in the Supreme Court of the Northwest Territories.

Délaration canadienne étendant aux Territoires du Nord-Ouest l'application de la Convention entre le Canada et le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord pour assurer la reconnaissance et l'exécution réciproque des jugements en matière civile et commerciale

Conformément à l'article XII, le Canada déclare que la Convention qui s'applique déjà aux provinces de la Colombie-Britannique, du Manitoba, du Nouveau-Brunswick, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, de l'Ontario, de l'Île du Prince-Edouard, de la Saskatchewan et du territoire du Yukon est étendu au Territoires du Nord-Ouest en vue de l'enregistrement d'un jugement rendu par un tribunal du Royaume-Uni auprès de la cour suprême des Territoires du Nord-Ouest.

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends article 3 of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 1987 so as to include the courts of the Northwest Territories as recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933.