The reference in Article 16 of the Convention to deciding on the merits of rights of custody shall be construed as a reference to—
(a)making, varying or revoking a custody order, or [F1a supervision order under section 31 of the Children Act 1989] or [F2Article 50 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995];
[F3(aa)enforcing under section 29 of the Family Law Act 1986 a custody order within the meaning of Chapter V of Part I of that Act;]
(b)registering or enforcing a decision under Part II of this Act;
[F4(ba)registering or enforcing a decision under the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-Operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children that was signed at The Hague on 19 October 1996 (“the 1996 Convention”), except where provisions of the 1996 Convention are invoked in accordance with Article 50 of the 1996 Convention;]
F5(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
[F6(d) making, varying, amending or revoking a permanence order under section 80 of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (including a deemed permanence order having effect by virtue of article 13(1) or 14(2) of the Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Commencement No. 4, Transitional and Savings Provisions) Order 2009 ( S.S.I. 2009/267) ). ]
F7(e). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 9(a) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 57(1), Sch. 14 para. 1(1); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F2Words in s. 9(a) substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/756, art. 11(2); S.R. 1996/297, art. 3
F3S. 9(aa) inserted by Family Law Act 1986 (c. 55, SIF 49:3), s. 68(1), Sch. 1 para. 28
F4S. 9(ba) inserted (E.W.N.I.) (1.11.2012) by Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (International Obligations) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1898), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 3 and s. 9(ba) inserted (S.) (1.11.2012) by Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (International Obligations) (Scotland) Regulations 2010 (S.S.I. 2010/213), reg. 1(2), Sch. para. 1
F5S. 9(c) repealed (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108(6)(7), Sch. 14 para. 27(4), Sch. 15; S.I. 1991/828 art. 3(2)
F6S. 9(d) substituted (15.7.2011) by The Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007 (Consequential Modifications) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1740), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 2(2)
F7S. 9(e) repealed (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/756, art. 15, Sch.; S.R. 1996/297, art. 3
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 9 applied (with modifications) (1.3.1997) by S.I. 1996/3156, art. 2, Sch.
S. 9 applied (with modifications) (2.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2574 art. 2, Sch.