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8.—(1) For the purposes of the Regulation—
(a)a document, duly authenticated, which purports to be a copy of a judgment given by a court of a Regulation State other than the United Kingdom shall without further proof be deemed to be a true copy, unless the contrary is shown; and
(b)a certificate obtained in accordance with Article 54 and Annex V shall be evidence, and in Scotland sufficient evidence, that the judgment is enforceable in the Regulation State of origin.
(2) A document purporting to be a copy of a judgment given by any such court as is mentioned in sub-paragraph (1)(a) is duly authenticated for the purposes of this paragraph if it purports—
(a)to bear the seal of that court; or
(b)to be certified by any person in his capacity as a judge or officer of that court to be a true copy of a judgment given by that court.
(3) Nothing in this paragraph shall prejudice the admission in evidence of any document which is admissible apart from this paragraph.
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