Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1991

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1991 No. 1724

JUDGMENTS

The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1991

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 Matters1shall 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 19332:

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:

S-1 This Order shall come into force on 1st August 1991 and may be...

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.

S-2 The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order...

2. The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 19873shall 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

SCHEDULE

SCHEDULE

Canadian declaration extending to Newfoundland theConvention 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...

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