
CHAPTER I
Article 1 
This Regulation  , in England and Wales or Northern Ireland, establishes rules for a simple and rapid mechanism for the recognition of protection measures ordered in a  participating Member State  in civil matters.
Article 2 

1. This Regulation applies where the recognition or enforcement of a protection measure in civil matters ordered by an issuing authority is sought in England and Wales or Northern Ireland.
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3. This Regulation  as it has effect in EU law or as it has effect in the law of England and Wales and Northern Ireland shall not apply to protection measures falling within the scope of Regulation (EC) No 2201/2003.
Article 3 
For the purposes of this Regulation, the following definitions shall apply:

((1)) ‘protection measure’ means any decision, whatever it may be called, ordered by the issuing authority of  a participating Member State  in accordance with its national law and imposing one or more of the following obligations on the person causing the risk with a view to protecting another person, when the latter person’s physical or psychological integrity may be at risk:

((a)) a prohibition or regulation on entering the place where the protected person resides, works, or regularly visits or stays;
((b)) a prohibition or regulation of contact, in any form, with the protected person, including by telephone, electronic or ordinary mail, fax or any other means;
((c)) a prohibition or regulation on approaching the protected person closer than a prescribed distance;
((2)) ‘protected person’ means a natural person who is the object of the protection afforded by a protection measure;
((3)) ‘person causing the risk’ means a natural person on whom one or more of the obligations referred to in point (1) have been imposed;
((4)) ‘issuing authority’ means any judicial authority, or any other authority designated by  a participating Member State  as having competence in the matters falling within the scope of  the MRP Regulation, provided that such other authority offers guarantees to the parties with regard to impartiality, and that its decisions in relation to the protection measure may, under the law of  the participating Member State  in which it operates, be made subject to review by a judicial authority and have similar force and effects to those of a decision of a judicial authority on the same matter;
((5)) “participating Member State” means a Member State other than Denmark;
((5A)) “MRP Regulation” means Regulation (EU) 606/2013 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 12 June 2013 on mutual recognition of protection measures in civil matters as it has effect in EU law;
((5B)) “the competent court”, in relation to the recognition or enforcement of a protection measure—
(a) in England and Wales, means the family court, the county court or the High Court;
(b) in Northern Ireland, means a county court or the High Court;
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CHAPTER II
Article 4 

1. A protection measure  shall be recognised by the competent court  without any special procedure being required and shall be enforceable without a declaration of enforceability being required.
2. A protected person who wishes to invoke a protection measure in England and Wales or Northern Ireland must provide the competent court with—
(a) a valid copy of the protection measure,
(b) the certificate issued in the participating Member State pursuant to Article 5 of the MRP Regulation, and
(c) where necessary, a transliteration and/or a translation of the certificate into English.
3. The certificate shall take effect only within the limits of the enforceability of the protection measure.
4. Irrespective of whether the protection measure has a longer duration, the effects of recognition pursuant to paragraph 1 shall be limited to a period of 12 months, starting from the date of the issuing of the certificate.
5. The procedure for the enforcement of protection measures shall be governed by the law of  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be) .
Article 5 
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Article 6 
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Article 7 
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Article 8 
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Article 9 
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Article 10 
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Article 11 

1. The  competent court  shall, where and to the extent necessary, adjust the factual elements of the protection measure in order to give effect to the protection measure in  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).
2. The procedure for the adjustment of the protection measure shall be governed by the law of  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).
3. The adjustment of the protection measure shall be brought to the notice of the person causing the risk.
4. The notification shall be effected in accordance with the law of England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).Situations in which the address of the person causing the risk is not known or in which that person refuses to accept receipt of the notification shall be governed by the law of  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).
5. An appeal against the adjustment of the protection measure may be lodged by the protected person or the person causing the risk. The appeal procedure shall be governed by the law of  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be). However, the lodging of an appeal shall not have suspensive effect.
Article 12 
Under no circumstances may a protection measure ... be reviewed as to its substance  by the competent court.
Article 13 

1. The recognition and, where applicable, the enforcement of the protection measure shall be refused, upon application by the person causing the risk, to the extent such recognition is:
(a) manifestly contrary to public policy in  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be); or
(b) irreconcilable with a judgment given or recognised in  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be).
2. The application for refusal of recognition or enforcement of a protection measure must be made to the competent court.
3. The recognition of the protection measure may not be refused on the ground that the law of  England and Wales, or Northern Ireland (as the case may be)  does not allow for such a measure based on the same facts.
Article 14 

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2. Upon submission by the protected person or the person causing the risk of the certificate issued in accordance with  Article 14(1) of the MRP Regulation,  the competent court  shall suspend or withdraw the effects of the recognition and, where applicable, the enforcement of the protection measure.
CHAPTER III
Article 15 
No legalisation or other similar formality shall be required for documents issued in a  participating Member State  in the context of this Regulation.
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Article 17 
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Article 18 
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Article 19 
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Article 20 
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Article 21 
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Article 22 
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This Regulation shall apply to protection measures ordered on or after 11 January 2015, irrespective of when proceedings have been instituted.
...Done at Strasbourg, 12 June 2013.
For the European Parliament
The President
M. SCHULZ
For the Council
The President
L. CREIGHTON