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Statutory Instruments

2023 No. 1395

RETAINED EU LAW REFORM

PRIVATE INTERNATIONAL LAW

The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Saving Provision) Regulations 2023

Made

14th December 2023

Coming into force in accordance with regulation 1(1)

The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 22(4) of the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023( 1 ).

The Secretary of State is a relevant national authority for the purposes of section 22(4) of that Act( 2 ).

Citation, commencement and extent

1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Saving Provision) Regulations 2023 and come into force immediately before the end of 2023.

(2) These Regulations extend to England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland.

Interpretation

2. In these Regulations—

the 2007 Lugano Convention ” means the Convention on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, between the European Community and the Republic of Iceland, the Kingdom of Norway, the Swiss Confederation and the Kingdom of Denmark, signed on 30th October 2007;

the 2018 Act ” means the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018( 3 );

the 2019 Regulations ” means the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019( 4 );

the 2023 Act ” means the Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023.

Saving provision

3. Notwithstanding the repeal of section 4 of the 2018 Act by section 2 of the 2023 Act, any rights, powers, liabilities, obligations, restrictions, remedies and procedures which—

(a) are derived from the 2007 Lugano Convention, and

(b) by virtue of section 4 of the 2018 Act and regulation 92 of the 2019 Regulations, are recognised and available in domestic law (and enforced, allowed and followed accordingly), and continue to have the effect specified in regulation 92(3) subject to regulation 93 of those Regulations,

continue to be recognised and available in domestic law (and enforced, allowed and followed accordingly) and continue to have such effect after the end of 2023.

Bellamy

Parliamentary Under Secretary of State

Ministry of Justice

14th December 2023

( 1 )

2023 c. 28 .

( 2 )

See section 21(1) of that Act for the definition of “relevant national authority”.

( 3 )

2018 c. 16 ; section 4 was amended by section 25 of the European Union (Withdrawal Agreement) Act 2020 (c. 1) .

Status: This is the original version (as it was originally made). This item of legislation is currently only available in its original format.
The Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments (Saving Provision) Regulations 2023 (2023/1395)

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