Regulation 2
SCHEDULE 1Amendments to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982
1. The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 is amended as follows.
2. In section 1 (interpretation of references to the Convention and Contracting States), in subsection (1) for the definition of “the Regulation” substitute the following definition—
““the Regulation” means Regulation (EU) No. 1215/2012 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 December 2012 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (recast) as amended from time to time and as applied by virtue of the Agreement made on 19 October 2005 between the European Community and the Kingdom of Denmark on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (OJ No L 299, 16.11.2005, p62; OJ No L79, 21.3.2013, p4);”.
3. In section 16 (allocation within UK of jurisdiction within certain civil proceedings), in subsection (1)(b), for Article 22” substitute “Article 24”.
4. In section 48 (matters for which rules of court may provide)—
(a)in subsection (2)(a), omit “, the Regulation”; and
(b)after subsection (2)(a) insert—
“(aa)which is enforceable in the United Kingdom under the Regulation,”.