Section 10: Modification in relation to Commonwealth

10. Modification in relation to Commonwealth Where a Proclamation is made extending Part I to a part of the Commonwealth to which the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act extends, Part I shall, in relation to that part of the Commonwealth, have effect as if— (a) “judgment” included an award in proceedings on an arbitration if the award has under the law in force in the place where it was made become enforceable in the same manner as a judgment given by a Court in that place; F20 – 7 [Issue 1] Foreign Judgments (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act (b) the fact that a judgment was given before the coming into operation of the regulations did not prevent it from being a judgment to which Part I applies, but the time limited for the registration of a judgment were, in the case of the judgment so given, 12 months from the date of judgment or such longer period as may be allowed by the Supreme Court; (c) any judgment registered in the Supreme Court under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act before the coming into operation of the regulations had been registered in the Supreme Court under Part I and anything done in relation to it under the Reciprocal Enforcement of Judgments Act or any rules of Court or other provisions applicable to that Act had been done under Part I or the corresponding Rules of Court or other provisions applicable to Part I. PART III – MISCELLANEOUS