[F2(1)Any question as to the meaning or effect of any provision of the Rome Convention is to be decided in accordance with section 6 of the European Union (Withdrawal) Act 2018 (interpretation of [F3assimilated] law).]
F4(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(3)Without prejudice to any practice of the courts as to the matters which may be considered apart from this subsection—
(a)the report on the [F5Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations] by Professor Mario Giuliano and Professor Paul Lagarde which is reproduced in the Official Journal of the M1Communities of 31st October 1980 may be considered in ascertaining the meaning or effect of any provision of [F6the Rome Convention]; F7...
F7(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 3 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 3(4)(a); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F2S. 3(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 3(4)(b); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F3Word in s. 3(1) substituted (1.1.2024) by The Retained EU Law (Revocation and Reform) Act 2023 (Consequential Amendment) Regulations 2023 (S.I. 2023/1424), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 28(2)
F4S. 3(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 3(4)(c); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F5Words in s. 3(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 3(4)(d)(i); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F6Words in s. 3(3)(a) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 3(4)(d)(ii); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
F7S. 3(3)(b) and word omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834), regs. 1, 3(4)(e); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)
Commencement Information
I1S. 3 partly in force; s. 3(a) in force 1.4.1991 by s. 7 andS.I. 1991/707, art. 2
I2S. 3(1)(2)(3)(b) in force at 1.3.2005 by S.I. 2004/3448, art. 2(b)
Marginal Citations
M1O.J.1980 No.C282/1.