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JUDGMENTS
Made
24th July 1991
Coming into force
1st August 1991
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of July 1991
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Whereas the Government of Canada, in a declaration a copy of which is set out in the Schedule to this Order, has designated Newfoundland as a province or territory of Canada to which the Convention between the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland and Canada providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters(1) shall extend:
And whereas it is expedient to specify that the courts of the Province of Newfoundland are recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933(2):
Now, therefore, Her Majesty, by virtue and in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 1 of the said Act and of all other powers enabling Her in that behalf, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1. This Order shall come into force on 1st August 1991 and may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1991.
2 The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 1987(3) shall be amended by adding in article 3 (which names the Canadian courts, including the courts of Provinces, which are to be recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933) after "New Brunswick", the word, "Newfoundland".
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
Canadian declaration extending to Newfoundland the Convention between Canada and the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civiland Commercial Matters
Pursuant to Article XII, the Government of Canada declares that in addition to the provinces of British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Nova Scotia, Ontario, the Yukon Territory, Saskatchewan, Prince Edward Island and the Northwest Territories the Convention shall extend to the province of Newfoundland. An application in the province of Newfoundland for the registration of a judgment given by the court of the United Kingdom may be made in the Supreme Court of the province of Newfoundland, Trial Division
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends article 3 of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 1987 so as to include the courts of the Province of Newfoundland as recognised courts for the purposes of Part I of the Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1933.
A copy of the Convention is set out in the Schedule to S.I. 1987/468.
1933 c. 13, as extended by S.I. 1933/1073and amended by section 35(1) of and Schedule 10 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27).