[F126 Recognition: special Scottish rule.S
F2(1)An order relating to parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to a child which is made outside the United Kingdom shall be recognised in Scotland if the order was made in the country where the child was habitually resident.]
F3(2). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Textual Amendments
F1S. 26 substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 41(6); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F2S. 26(1) renumbered (1.3.2001) by virtue of S.S.I. 2001/36, reg. 4(3)(a)
F3S. 26(2) omitted (31.12.2020) by virtue of The Jurisdiction and Judgments (Family, Civil Partnership and Marriage (Same Sex Couples)) (EU Exit) (Scotland) (Amendment etc.) Regulations 2019 (S.S.I. 2019/104), reg. 1, sch. 1 para. 2(5) (with reg. 6) (as amended by S.S.I. 2020/441, regs. 1(2)(a), 16); 2020 c. 1, Sch. 5 para. 1(1)