Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth) Order 2023

No. S 90

Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments Act 1959

Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign
Judgments (United Kingdom and
the Commonwealth) Order 2023

In exercise of the powers conferred by section 3 of the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments Act 1959, the Minister for Law makes the following Order:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order is the Reciprocal Enforcement of Foreign Judgments (United Kingdom and the Commonwealth) Order 2023 and comes into operation on 1 March 2023.

Extension of Part 1 of Act

2.—(1)  For the purposes of section 3(1)(a) of the Act, Part 1 of the Act applies to the foreign countries specified in the first column of the Schedule.

(2)  For the purposes of section 3(1)(b) of the Act, the court or courts specified in the second column of the Schedule opposite a foreign country in the first column of the Schedule is or are a recognised court or recognised courts of that foreign country for the purposes of Part 1 of the Act.

(3)  For the purposes of section 3(1)(c) of the Act, a judgment specified in the third column of the Schedule of a recognised court specified opposite that judgment in the second column of the Schedule is a judgment to which Part 1 of the Act applies.

THE SCHEDULE

Paragraph 2

First column		Second column		Third column
Brunei Darussalam		Supreme Court of Brunei Darussalam (consisting of the Court of Appeal and the High Court)		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
Australia		High Court of Australia Federal Court of Australia Family Court of Australia Supreme Court of New South Wales Supreme Court of Queensland Supreme Court of South Australia Supreme Court of Tasmania Supreme Court of Victoria Family Court of Western Australia Supreme Court of Western Australia Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court of Norfolk Island Supreme Court of Northern Territory		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
India		Supreme Court of India High Courts of India		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
Malaysia		Federal Court of Malaysia Court of Appeal of Malaysia High Courts of Malaysia		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
New Zealand		Supreme Court of New Zealand Court of Appeal of New Zealand High Court of New Zealand		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
Pakistan		Supreme Court of Pakistan High Courts of Pakistan		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
Papua New Guinea		Supreme Court of Justice of Papua New Guinea National Court of Justice of Papua New Guinea		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
Sri Lanka		Supreme Court of Sri Lanka Court of Appeal of Sri Lanka High Court of Sri Lanka		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland		Supreme Court of the United Kingdom Senior Courts of England and Wales Court of Judicature of Northern Ireland Supreme Courts of Scotland		Any money judgment that is final and conclusive as between the parties to it

Made on 15 February 2023.

LOH KHUM YEAN

Permanent Secretary,
Ministry of Law,
Singapore.

[LAW 06/015/01; AG/LEGIS/SL/265/2020/2 Vol. 1]