SCHEDULE 1THE REGULATION
Proof and admissibility of certain judgments and related documents (section 11)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.