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FOREIGN JUDGMENTS ACT 1991

Table of Provisions

PART 1--PRELIMINARY

  • 1 Short title  
  • 2 Commencement  
  • 3 Interpretation  
  • 4 External Territories  

PART 2--RECIPROCAL--ENFORCEMENT OF JUDGMENTS

  • 5 Application of this Part on the basis of reciprocity of treatment  
  • 6 Application for, and effect of, registration of foreign judgments  
  • 7 Setting aside a registered judgment  
  • 8 Stay of enforcement of a registered judgment  
  • 9 Re - registration of certain registered judgments which have been set aside  
  • 10 Registrable judgments not to be otherwise enforceable  

PART 3--MISCELLANEOUS

  • 11 Judgments to which Part 2 does not apply  
  • 12 General effect of certain judgments  
  • 13 Money judgments unenforceable if no reciprocity  
  • 14 Registered judgments cease to be enforceable in certain circumstances  
  • 15 Issue of certificates of judgments obtained in Australian courts  
  • 16 Regulations  
  • 17 Rules of Court  

PART 4--TRANSITIONAL--PROVISIONS

  • 18 Registration of judgments recognised under State or Territory law  
  • 19 Enforcement of judgments registered under State or Territory law after commencement of this Act  
  • 20 Rules of Court  

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