Statutory Rules 1993 No. 1431
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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 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 |
8 | Fiji, Republic of | High Court |
9 | France (French Republic) | Cour de Cassation |
10 | Germany, Federal Republic of | Bundesgerichtshof |
11 | Gibraltar | Court of Appeal |
12 | Grenada | Supreme Court Court of Appeal; |
13 | Hong Kong | Supreme Court of Judicature Court of Appeal; |
14 | Israel, State of | Supreme Court |
15 | Italy (Italian Republic) | Corte Suprema di Cassazione |
16 | Japan | Supreme Court |
17 | Province of Manitoba, Canada | Court of the Queen’s Bench of Manitoba |
18 | Montserrat | Privy Council |
19 | Papua New Guinea | Supreme Court of Justice |
20 | St Helena | Supreme Court |
21 | St Kitts and Nevis, Federation of | Privy Council |
22 | St Vincent and the Grenadines | Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court Court of Appeal, |
23 | Seychelles, Republic of | Court of Appeal |
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 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.