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2.—(1) In these Regulations—
“Contracting State” means a State bound by the Convention other than an EU Member State;
“the Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and other forms of Family Maintenance done at The Hague on 23rd November 2007(1);
“court”, in relation to a maintenance decision given in a Contracting State, includes a tribunal, and any administrative authority (within the meaning of Article 19(3)) with competence to make a decision of a maintenance obligation; and
“maintenance decision” means a decision, or part of a decision, made by a court in a Contracting State, to which Chapter V of the Convention applies by virtue of Article 19(1).
(2) In these Regulations, any reference to a numbered Article is a reference to the Article so numbered in the Convention and any reference to a sub-division of a numbered Article is to be construed accordingly.
OJ L 192, 22.07.2011, p.51-70.
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