1 Interpretation of references to the Conventions and Contracting States
Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (1982 c 27) | Legislation

Part I Implementation of the Conventions

Main implementing provisions

1  Interpretation of references to the Conventions and Contracting States

(1)     In this Act—

“the 1968 Convention” means the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters (including the Protocol annexed to that Convention), signed at Brussels on 27th September 1968;

“the 1971 Protocol” means the Protocol on the interpretation of the 1968 Convention by the European Court, signed at Luxembourg on 3rd June 1971;

“the Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession to the 1968 Convention and the 1971 Protocol of Denmark, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom, signed at Luxembourg on 9th October 1978;

[“the 1982 Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession of the Hellenic

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