The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (Amendment) Order 2000

Whereas a Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters1 was signed on 27th September 1968:

And whereas a Protocol on the Interpretation of the Convention by the Court of Justice of the European Communities2 was signed on 3rd June 1971:

And whereas a Convention on the accession of the Kingdom of Denmark, Ireland and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland to the Convention3 signed by Her Majesty’s Government on 9th October 1978, was ratified on 7th October 1986 by Her Majesty’s Government and entered into force for the United Kingdom on 1st January 1987:

And whereas the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 19824 gave the force of law to these Conventions and to the Protocol in the United Kingdom:

And whereas by section 14(1) of that Act, if at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have agreed to a revision of any of the Brussels Conventions5 including in particular any revision connected with the accession to the 1968 Convention of one or more further States, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such modifications of that Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision:

And whereas a Convention on the accession of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden to the 1968 Convention6 was signed on 29th November 1996, and in consequence Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of the above mentioned Conventions and Protocol:

And whereas a Convention on Jurisdiction and the Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters7 was opened for signature at Lugano on 16th September 1988 and signed by Her Majesty’s Government on 18th September 1989:

And whereas the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 19828, as amended by the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 19919 gave the force of law to that Convention in the United Kingdom:

And whereas by section 14(1) of that Act, if at any time it appears to Her Majesty in Council that Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom have agreed to a revision of the Lugano Convention10, including in particular any revision connected with the accession to the Lugano Convention of one or more further States, Her Majesty may by Order in Council make such modifications of that Act as Her Majesty considers appropriate in consequence of the revision:

And whereas the Republic of Poland acceded to the Lugano Convention on 1st February 2000, and in consequence Her Majesty’s Government in the United Kingdom has agreed to a revision of the Lugano Convention:

And whereas each House of Parliament has by a resolution approved a draft of this Order: