Merchant Shipping (Liner Conferences) Act 1982

9 Recognition and enforcement of recommendations, etc of conciliators

(1) Where a recommendation of conciliators has become binding as between two or more parties in accordance with Article 37, then, subject to subsection (2)—

(a) it shall be recognised in the United Kingdom as conclusive as between those parties of the dispute to which it relates; and

(b) any of those parties may apply to have the recommendation registered for enforcement in the High Court or the Court of Session.

(2) A recommendation shall not be so recognised or enforced if it is affected by any of the matters mentioned in sub-paragraphs (a) to (d) of Article 39, paragraph 2 (disability, fraud, coercion, public policy or irregularity of composition or procedure of the conciliators), unless the affected part can be severed as mentioned in Article 39, paragraph 3 and the remainder of the recommendation recognised and enforced.

(3) Where the costs to be borne by a party to conciliation proceedings in accordance with Article 43, paragraph 1 (costs of the conciliation and its administration) have been determined, the person to whom those costs are to be paid may apply to have the determination registered for enforcement in the High Court or the Court of Session.

(4) A party in whose favour an award of costs has been made by conciliators under Article 43, paragraph 3 (vexatious or frivolous proceedings) may apply to have the award registered for enforcement in the High Court or the Court of Session.

(5) Provision may be made by rules of court as to—

(a) the manner in which application is to be made for registration of a recommendation, determination or award under this section ;

(b) the documents to be produced and the matters to be proved by a person seeking recognition of a recommendation or enforcement of a recommendation, determination or award;

(c) the manner in which a recommendation, determination or award is to be registered under this section ;

(d) the manner in which and the conditions subject to which a recommendation, determination or award so registered may be enforced.

(6) Subject to any provision made under subsection (5)(d), a recommendation, determination or award registered under this section shall, for the purposes of its enforcement, be of the same force and effect, the registering court shall have the same powers in relation to its enforcement, and proceedings for or with respect to its enforcement may be taken, as if the recommendation, determination or award had been a judgment or decree originally given in the registering court and had (where relevant) been entered.

(7) Where a recommendation, determination or award is registered under this section, the reasonable costs or expenses of, and incidental to, its registration are recoverable as if they were sums recoverable under it, except that they carry interest as if they were the subject of an order for the payment of costs or expenses made by the registering court on the date of registration.