Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 1731

The Reciprocal Enforement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1992

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1992 No. 1731

JUDGMENTS

The Reciprocal Enforement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1992

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of July 1992

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Government of Canada, in a declaration a copy of whcih is set out in the Schedule of this Order, has designated Alberta 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 Alberta 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 13th August 1992 and may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) Order 1992.

    2.    The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) Order 1987^[3] shall be amended by adding in article 3 (whcih 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 Enforement) Act 1933 before "British Columbia", the word, "Alberta".

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

[1] A copy of the Convention is set out in the Schedule to S.I. 1987/468. back

[2] 1933 c. 13, as extended by S.I. 1933/1073 and amended by section 35(1) of and Schedule 10 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27). back

[3] S.I. 1987/468, as amended by S.I. 1987/2211, 1988/1304 and 1853, 1989/987 and 1991/1724. back

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