23.—(1) An interested person may apply to the court for a declaration as to whether a protective measure taken under the law of, and enforceable in, a country other than Northern Ireland is enforceable, or to be registered, in Northern Ireland.
(2) The court must make the declaration if—
(a)the measure comes within sub-paragraph (1) or (2) of paragraph 20; and
(b)the paragraph is not disapplied in relation to it as a result of sub-paragraph (3), (4) or (5) of that paragraph.
(3) A measure to which a declaration under this paragraph relates is enforceable in Northern Ireland as if it were a measure of like effect taken by the court.