Jurisdiction of Courts and Enforcement of Judgments Act, 1998.
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Interpretation. |
2.—(1) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires— | |
“the Accession Conventions” means the 1978 Accession Convention, the 1982 Accession Convention, the 1989 Accession Convention and the 1996 Accession Convention; | ||
“the 1978 Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession to the 1968 Convention and the 1971 Protocol of the State, Denmark and the United Kingdom, signed at Luxembourg on the 9th day of October, 1978; | ||
“the 1982 Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession to the 1968 Convention and the 1971 Protocol (as amended in each case by the 1978 Accession Convention) of the Hellenic Republic, signed at Luxembourg on the 25th day of October, 1982; | ||
“the 1989 Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession to the 1968 Convention and the 1971 Protocol (as amended in each case by the 1978 Accession Convention and the 1982 Accession Convention) of the Kingdom of Spain and the Portuguese Republic, signed at San Sebastian on the 26th day of May, 1989; | ||
“the 1996 Accession Convention” means the Convention on the accession to the 1968 Convention and the 1971 Protocol (as amended in each case by the 1978 Accession Convention, the 1982 Accession Convention and the 1989 Accession Convention) of the Republic of Austria, the Republic of Finland and the Kingdom of Sweden, signed at Brussels on the 29th day of November, 1996; | ||
“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 the 27th day of September, 1968; | ||
“court” includes a tribunal; | ||
“the European Communities” has the same meaning as in section 1 of the European Communities Act, 1972 ; | ||
“the European Court” means the Court of Justice of the European Communities; | ||
“the Lugano Convention” means the Convention on jurisdiction and the enforcement of judgments in civil and commercial matters, signed at Lugano on the 16th day of September, 1988, and includes Protocol 1; | ||
“the Minister” means the Minister for Justice, Equality and Law Reform; | ||
“the 1971 Protocol” means the Protocol on the interpretation of the 1968 Convention by the European Court, signed at Luxembourg on the 3rd day of June, 1971; | ||
“Protocol 1” means the protocol on certain questions of jurisdiction, procedure and enforcement, signed at Lugano on the 16th day of September, 1988. | ||
(2) In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires, a reference to, or to any provision of, the 1968 Convention or the 1971 Protocol is to the 1968 Convention, the 1971 Protocol or the provision, as amended by— | ||
(a) the 1978 Accession Convention, | ||
(b) the 1982 Accession Convention, | ||
(c) the 1989 Accession Convention, and | ||
(d) the 1996 Accession Convention in so far as it is in force between the State and a state respecting which it has entered into force in accordance with Article 16 of that Convention. | ||
(3) In this Act— | ||
(a) a reference to a section, a Part or a Schedule is to a section or a Part of, or a Schedule to, this Act unless it is indicated that a reference to some other enactment is intended, | ||
(b) a reference to a subsection or paragraph is to the subsection or paragraph of the provision in which the reference occurs unless it is indicated that a reference to some other provision is intended, and | ||
(c) a reference to an enactment is to that enactment as amended or modified by any other enactment including this Act. | ||
(4) The collective citation “the Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1998” shall include sections 7 to 10 , 13 , 14 and 16 of this Act, and those Acts and those sections shall be construed together as one Act. |