Contracts (Applicable Law) Act 1990 (c. 36)

In this Act, a reference to the Rome Convention is a reference to the provisions contained in Schedule 1 (which is derived from the Convention on the law applicable to contractual obligations opened for signature in Rome on 19th June 1980). ] Textual Amendments F1 S. 1 substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(2) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) Commencement Information I1 S. 1 wholly in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707 , art. 2

[ F3 (1) The Rome Convention applies to contracts made on or after 1st April 1991. ] F4 (1A) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5 (2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (3) [ F6 The Rome Convention ] shall apply in the case of conflicts between the laws of different parts of the United Kingdom. F7 (4) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Textual Amendments F2 S. 2 heading substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(3)(a) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) F3 S. 2(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(3)(b) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) F4 S. 2(1A) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(3)(c) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) F5 S. 2(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(3)(c) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) F6 Words in s. 2(3) substituted (31.12.2020) by The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(3)(d) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) F7 S. 2(4) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Law Applicable to Contractual Obligations and Non-Contractual Obligations (Amendment etc.) (EU Exit) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/834) , regs. 1 , 3(3)(c) ; 2020 c. 1 , Sch. 5 para. 1(1) Commencement Information I2 S. 2 partly in force; s. 2(1) in force for certain purposes at 1.4.1991 and s. 2(2)-(4) fully in force at 1.4.1991 see s. 7 and S.I. 1991/707 , art. 2 I3 S. 2(1) in force at 1.3.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2004/3448 , art. 2(a)