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PROTECTION OF THE SEA (1992 FUND) REGULATIONS 1994 - REG 6

Application for registration of foreign judgment

  (1)   A judgment creditor may apply to a Court to have the judgment registered in the Court .

  (2)   Subject to these regulations, on written application, a Court must order the judgment to be registered.

  (3)   A judgment must not be registered unless it:

  (a)   was given by a court having jurisdiction of the kind referred to in Article 7 of the 1992 Convention; and

  (b)   was given in respect of an incident that occurred after Australia and the country in which the original court is situated became countries to which the 1992 Fund applies; and

  (c)   is enforceable by execution in the country in which the original court is situated; and

  (d)   is no longer subject to ordinary forms of review under the law of the country in which the original court is situated.



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