Citation, interpretation and commencement, etc.

1.—(1) This Act of Sederunt may be cited as the Act of Sederunt (Rules of the Court of Session 1994 and Ordinary Cause Rules 1993 Amendment) (Miscellaneous) 2025.

(2) In this Act of Sederunt, “the 2019 Hague Convention” means the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Judgments in Civil or Commercial Matters concluded on 2nd July 2019 at The Hague.

(3) Paragraphs 2 and 4 and schedules 1, 2, and 4 come into force on 30th April 2025.

(4) Paragraphs 1(1), (3), (4) and (6), so far as these paragraphs relate to the provisions referred to in sub-paragraph (3), come into force on 30th April 2025.

(5) For all other purposes this Act of Sederunt comes into force on the date on which the 2019 Hague Convention comes into force in respect of the United Kingdom(1).

(6) A certified copy is to be inserted in the Books of Sederunt.