Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020

Overview of the Act

Reproduced verbatim from the Explanatory Notes published with the Act on legislation.gov.uk (Crown Copyright, Open Government Licence v3.0). Explanatory Notes are prepared by the responsible government department and are not part of the Act.

The purpose of the Act is to provide for the implementation in domestic law of international agreements on private international law.

The Act contains two main sections: Section 1 implements the following three international agreements drawn up under the auspices of the Hague Conference on Private International Law: the 1996 Hague Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children ("the 1996 Hague Convention"); the 2005 Hague Convention on Choice of Court Agreements ("the 2005 Hague Convention"); and the 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other Forms of Family Maintenance ("the 2007 Hague Convention"). Section 2 contains a delegated power which allows the Government to implement international agreements on PIL in domestic law in future via secondary legislation.