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40 Effect of registration of judgments of courts outside England and Wales.E+W

Section five of the M1Debtors Act 1869, as amended by any subsequent enactment, and . . . F1, as so amended, shall have effect as if—

(a)any judgment of the High Court of Northern Ireland or decreet of the Court of Session a certificate of which has been registered in the High Court under section one or section three of the M2Judgments Extension Act 1868; and

(b)any judgment, as defined in Part II of the Administration of M3Justice Act 1920, which has been registered in the High Court under the said Part II; and

(c)any judgment, as defined in the Inferior Courts Judgments M4Extension Act 1882, a certificate of which has been registered in the High Court or in [F2the county court] under that Act,

were a judgment of the High Court or, as the case may be, of [F2the county court], and proceedings may be taken under [F3the said Act of 1869] accordingly.

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F1Words repealed by Insolvency Act 1985 (c. 65, SIF 66), s. 235, Sch. 8 para. 11(a), Sch. 10 Pt. III

F2Words in s. 40 substituted (22.4.2014) by Crime and Courts Act 2013 (c. 22), s. 61(3), Sch. 9 para. 54; S.I. 2014/954, art. 2(c) (with art. 3) (with transitional provisions and savings in S.I. 2014/956, arts. 3-11)

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