Foreign Judgments Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1997No. 205 1

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Foreign Judgments Regulations2 (Amendment)

I, The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council and being satisfied, in respect of the Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China and Western Samoa, of the matters specified in subsection 5 (1) of the Foreign Judgments Act 1991, make the following Regulations under that Act.

Dated 6 August 1997.

 WILLIAM DEANE

 Governor-General

By His Excellency’s Command,

DARYL WILLIAMS

Attorney-General and Minister for Justice

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1.   Amendment

1.1   The Foreign Judgments Regulations are amended as set out in these Regulations.

[Note: These Regulations commence on gazettal: see Acts Interpretation Act 1901, s. 48.]

2.   Schedule (Superior courts)

2.1   Item 13:

Omit the item, substitute:

“13 Hong Kong Special Administrative Region of the People’s Republic of China, The Court of Final Appeal High Court  (consisting of the: Court of Appeal; Court of First Instance)”.

2.2   After item 27, insert:

“28 Western Samoa Court of Appeal Supreme Court of Western Samoa”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 13 August 1997.

2. Statutory Rules 1992 No. 321 as amended by 1993 No. 143; 1994 No. 283; 1995 No. 35; 1996 No. 145.