1.—(1) This Order may be cited as the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Authentic Instruments and Court Settlements) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st April 1993.
(2) In this Order—
(a)“the Act” means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982,
(b)“the Convention” means a Convention mentioned in section 13 of the Act,
(c)“a Contracting State” means a Contracting State as defined in section 1 of the Act(1), and
(d)references to authentic instruments and court settlements are references to those instruments and settlements referred to in Articles 50 and 51 of Title IV of the Convention.
Section 1 was amended by section 2 of the 1991 Act.