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Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990

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2Conventions to have force of law

(1)Subject to subsections (2) and (3) below, the Conventions shall have the force of law in the United Kingdom.

(2)Articles 7(1) and 10(1)(e) of the Rome Convention shall not have the force of law in the United Kingdom.

(3)Notwithstanding Article 19(2) of the Rome Convention, the Conventions shall apply in the case of conflicts between the laws of different parts of the United Kingdom.

(4)For ease of reference there are set out in Schedules 1, 2 and 3 to this Act respectively the English texts of—

(a)the Rome Convention;

(b)the Luxembourg Convention; and

(c)the Brussels Protocol.

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