Foreign Judgments Regulations (Amendment) (Cth)

Statutory Rules 1993

No. 143 1

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Foreign Judgments Regulations 2(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 Commonwealth of the Bahamas, the Province of British Columbia (Canada), the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Commonwealth of Dominica, the Falkland Islands, the Republic of Fiji, France, the Federal Republic of Germany, Gibraltar, Grenada, Hong Kong, the State of Israel, Italy, Japan, the Province of Manitoba (Canada), Montserrat, Papua New Guinea, St. Helena, the Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis, St. Vincent and the Grenadines, the Republic of Seychelles, the Republic of Singapore, the Solomon Islands, Tuvalu and the United Kingdom, of the matters specified in subsection 5 (1) of the Foreign Judgments Act 1991, make the following Regulations under that Act.

 Dated 22 June 1993.

 BILL HAYDEN

 Governor-General

 By His Excellency’s Command,

M. LAVARCH

Attorney-General

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.    Regulation 2 (Interpretation)

2.1   Omit the regulation, substitute:

Interpretation

“2.

In these Regulations:

‘Act’ means the Foreign Judgments Act 1991;

‘Privy Council’ means the Privy Council of the United Kingdom, and is taken to include the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council.”.

3.    Schedule (Superior courts)

3.1   Add at the end:

“2	Bahamas, The    Commonwealth of the	Court of Appeal Supreme Court
3	Province of British    Columbia, Canada	Supreme Court of Canada Court of Appeal of British    Columbia Supreme Court of British    Columbia
4	British Virgin Islands	Eastern Caribbean Supreme    Court
5	Cayman Islands	Grand Court
6	Dominica,    Commonwealth of	Eastern Caribbean Supreme    Court Court of Appeal High Court of Justice
7	Falkland Islands	Court of Appeal Supreme Court
8	Fiji, Republic of	High Court
9	France (French Republic)	Cour de Cassation Cours d’Appel Tribunaux de grand instance Tribunaux de commerce Cours d’assise Tribunaux correctionnels
10	Germany, Federal    Republic of	Bundesgerichtshof Oberlandesgerichte Bayerische Oberste    Landesgericht Landgerichte
11	Gibraltar	Court of Appeal Supreme Court
12	Grenada	Supreme Court         (consisting of the: Court of Appeal; High Court)
13	Hong Kong	Supreme Court of Judicature         (consisting of the: Court of Appeal; High Court)
14	Israel, State of	Supreme Court District Courts Moslem Religious Courts Druze Religious Courts
15	Italy (Italian Republic)	Corte Suprema di Cassazione Corte di Assise Corte d’Appello Tribunale
16	Japan	Supreme Court High Courts District Courts Family Courts
17	Province of Manitoba,    Canada	Court of the Queen’s Bench of    Manitoba
18	Montserrat	Privy Council Eastern Caribbean Court of    Appeal High Court of Montserrat
19	Papua New Guinea	Supreme Court of Justice National Court of Justice
20	St Helena	Supreme Court
21	St Kitts and Nevis,    Federation of	Privy Council Eastern Caribbean Court of    Appeal High Court (Saint Christopher    Circuit) High Court (Nevis Circuit)
22	St Vincent and the    Grenadines	Eastern Caribbean Supreme    Court         (consisting of the: Court of Appeal, High Court)
23	Seychelles, Republic of	Court of Appeal Supreme Court
24	Singapore, Republic of	Privy Council: in respect of orders made on appeals from the Singapore Supreme Court and filed with the Court of Appeal of Singapore Supreme Court of Singapore         (consisting of the: Court of Appeal; High Court)
25	Solomon Islands	Court of Appeal High Court
26	Tuvalu	Court of Appeal High Court
27	United Kingdom, The	House of Lords Supreme Court of England and    Wales Supreme Court of Judicature of    Northern Ireland Court of Session

[NOTE:   The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court is constituted by Statutory Instrument 1967 No. 223, as amended by Statutory Instrument 1983 No. 1108, of the United Kingdom. The Court is differently described in the usage of the countries mentioned in the Schedule in relation to which it is listed as a superior court. The description used by each of those countries is set out in column 3 of the relevant item in the Schedule.]”.

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NOTES

1. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 25 June 1993.

2. Statutory Rules 1992 No. 321.