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7 | Exception for overriding EU or international obligations |
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(1) | Nothing in this Act applies to a foreign judgment or an arbitration award of a |
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kind required by European Union law, or by an international obligation of the |
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United Kingdom, to be enforced in full even in cases where such enforcement |
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is contrary to the public policy of the United Kingdom. |
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(2) | Accordingly, this Act does not apply to— |
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(a) | a foreign judgment that is certified as a European Enforcement Order |
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(within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 805/2004 of the European |
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Parliament and of the Council), |
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(b) | a foreign judgment that is an enforceable European Order for Payment |
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(within the meaning of Regulation (EU) No. 1896/2006 of the European |
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Parliament and of the Council), or |
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(c) | an award to which section 1 of the Arbitration (International |
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Investment Disputes) Act 1966 applies (awards made under the |
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Convention on the settlement of investment disputes between States |
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and nationals of other States). |
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(3) | “Foreign judgment” has the meaning given by section 5(5). |
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Nothing in this Act enables a person to recover anything paid in (total or |
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partial) satisfaction of any liability (whether arising under an agreement, |
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judgment, order, award or otherwise). |
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9 | Commencement, extent and short title |
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(1) | This Act comes into force at the end of the period of two months beginning |
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with the day on which it is passed. |
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(2) | This Act extends to each part of the United Kingdom. |
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(3) | This Act may be cited as the Debt Relief (Developing Countries) Act 2010. |
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