Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982

2 The [F1Brussels Conventions] to have the force of law.U.K.

(1) The [F1Brussels Conventions] shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom, and judicial notice shall be taken of them.

[F2(2)For convenience of reference there are set out in Schedules 1, 2, 3, 3A [F3, 3B and 3C] respectively the English texts of—

(a)the 1968 Convention as amended by Titles II and III of the Accession Convention and by Titles II and III of the 1982 Accession Convention F4. . . by Titles II and III of, and Annex I(d) to, the 1989 Accession Convention [F5and by Titles II and III of the 1996 Accession Convention];

(b)the 1971 Protocol as amended by Title IV of the Accession Convention, by Title IV of the 1982 Accession Convention F4. . . by Title IV of the 1989 Accession Convention [F6and by Title IV of the 1996 Accession Convention];

(c)Titles V and VI of the Accession Convention (transitional and final provisions) as amended by Title V of the 1989 Accession Convention;

(d)Titles V and VI of the 1982 Accession Convention (transitional and final provisions); and

(e)Titles VI and VII of the 1989 Accession Convention (transitional and final provisions),

[F7(f)Titles V and VI of the 1996 Accession Convention (transitional and final provisions),]

being texts prepared from the authentic English texts referred to in Articles 37 and 41 of the Accession Convention, in Article 17 of the 1982 Accession Convention [F8, in Article 34 of the 1989 Accession Convention and in Article 18 of the 1996 Accession Convention].]

Textual Amendments

F2S. 2(2) substituted (1.10.1991) by S.I. 1990/2591, art. 7