SCHEDULEConsequential amendments

Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985

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In section 9 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 19859 (suspension of court’s powers in cases of wrongful removal), after paragraph (b) insert—

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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;