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Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act, 1993

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Number 9 of 1993

JURISDICTION OF COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ACT, 1993

ARRANGEMENT OF SECTIONS

PART I

Preliminary and General

Section

1.

Short title, collective citation, construction and commencement.

2.

“Principal Act”.

PART II

Amendments to Principal Act consequent on 1989 Accession Convention

3.

Amendment of section 1 of Principal Act.

4.

Amendment of section 4 of Principal Act.

5.

Amendment of section 14 of Principal Act.

6.

Texts of Conventions and 1971 Protocol.

PART III

Lugano Convention

7.

Interpretation (Part III).

8.

Application (Part III).

9.

Lugano Convention to have force of law.

10.

Interpretation of Lugano Convention.

11.

Application of certain provisions of Principal Act.

FIRST SCHEDULE

Text of the 1968 Convention as amended by the 1978 Accession Convention, the 1982 Accession Convention and the 1989 Accession Convention

SECOND SCHEDULE

Text of the 1971 Protocol as amended by the 1978 Accession Convention, the 1982 Accession Convention and the 1989 Accession Convention

THIRD SCHEDULE

Titles V and VI of the 1978 Accession Convention as amended by the 1989 Accession Convention

FOURTH SCHEDULE

Titles V and VI of the 1982 Accession Convention

FIFTH SCHEDULE

Titles VI and VII of the 1989 Accession Convention

SIXTH SCHEDULE

Text of the Lugano Convention

SEVENTH SCHEDULE

Text of Protocol 1

Act Referred to

Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments (European Communities) Act, 1988

1988, No. 3

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Number 9 of 1993

JURISDICTION OF COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS ACT, 1993

AN ACT TO GIVE THE FORCE OF LAW TO THE CONVENTION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF SPAIN AND THE PORTUGUESE REPUBLIC TO THE CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS AND TO THE PROTOCOL ON ITS INTERPRETATION BY THE COURT OF JUSTICE WITH THE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THEM BY THE CONVENTION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE KINGDOM OF DENMARK, OF IRELAND AND OF THE UNITED KINGDOM OF GREAT BRITAIN AND NORTHERN IRELAND AND THE ADJUSTMENTS MADE TO THEM BY THE CONVENTION ON THE ACCESSION OF THE HELLENIC REPUBLIC SIGNED AT SAN SEBASTIÁN ON THE 26th DAY OF MAY, 1989, TO GIVE THE FORCE OF LAW TO THE CONVENTION ON JURISDICTION AND THE ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS IN CIVIL AND COMMERCIAL MATTERS (INCLUDING PROTOCOL 1 ANNEXED THERETO) SIGNED AT LUGANO ON THE 16th DAY OF SEPTEMBER, 1988, AND FOR THOSE PURPOSES TO AMEND THE JURISDICTION OF COURTS AND ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS (EUROPEAN COMMUNITIES) ACT, 1988 , AND TO PROVIDE FOR RELATED MATTERS. [30th May, 1993]

BE IT ENACTED BY THE OIREACHTAS AS FOLLOWS: