Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 1853

JUDGMENTS

The Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1988

Made

26th October 1988

Coming into force

1st December 1988

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of October 1988

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Whereas the Government of Canada, in a declaration a copy whereof is set out in the Schedule to this Order, has designated Saskatchewan 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 Saskatchewan 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 December 1988 and may be cited as the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (Canada) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 1988.

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 "Prince Edward Island", the word ", Saskatchewan".

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Canadian declaration extending to the province of Saskatchewan theConvention between Canada and United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland Providing for the Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and 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 and Prince Edward Island and the Yukon Territory, the Convention shall extend to the province of Saskatchewan. An application in the province of Saskatchewan for the registration of a judgment given by a court of the United Kingdom may be made to Her Majesty's Court of the Queen's Bench of the province of Saskatchewan.

Déclaration canadienne étendant à la province de Saskatchewan l'application de laConvention entre le Canada et le Royaume-Uni de Grande-Bretagne et d'Irlande du Nord pour assurer la reconnaissance et l'exécution réciproque des jugements en matière civile et commerciale.

Conformément à l'article XII, le Canada déclare que la Convention, qui s'applique déjà aux provinces de la Colombie-Britannique, du Manitoba, du Nouveau-Brunswick, de la Nouvelle-Écosse, de l'Ontario et de l'Ile-du-Prince-Edouard et au Territoire de Yukon, est étendue à la province de la Saskatchewan. Une demande peut être soumise dans la province de la Saskatchewan en vue de l'enregistrement d'un jugement rendu par un tribunal du Royaume-Uni auprès de la Cour du Banc de la Reine de la province de Saskatchewan.

Explanatory Note

(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 Saskatchewan as recognised courts.

(1)

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

(2)

1933 c. 13, as extended by S.I. 1933/1073 and amended by section 35(9) of and Schedule 10 to the Civil Jurisdiction and Judgments Act 1982 (c. 27).

(3)

S.I. 1987/468, as amended by S.I. 1987/2211 and 1988/1304.