http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/55/section/65Family Law Act 1986An Act to amend the law relating to the jurisdiction of courts in the United Kingdom to make orders with regard to the custody of children; to make provision as to the recognition and enforcement of such orders throughout the United Kingdom; to make further provision as to the imposition, effect and enforcement of restrictions on the removal of children from the United Kingdom or from any part of the United Kingdom; to amend the law relating to the jurisdiction of courts in Scotland as to tutory and curatory; to amend the law relating to the recognition of divorces, annulments and legal separations; to make further provision with respect to the effect of divorces and annulments on wills; to amend the law relating to the powers of courts to make declarations relating to the status of a person; to abolish the right to petition for jactitation of marriage; to repeal the Greek Marriages Act 1884; to make further provision with respect to family proceedings rules; to amend the Child Abduction Act 1984, the Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985 and the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985; and for connected purposes.1986-11-07texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2024-05-17Expert Participation2022-04-06 Family Law Act 1986s. 2A(1)(1A)Family Law Act 1996Sch. 8 para. 37(3)s. 67(3)Family Law Act 1986s. 38(4)Family Law Act 1996Sch. 8 para. 37(9)s. 67(3)Family Law Act 1986s. 29AChildren (Scotland) Act 2020s. 29(2)s. 34(2)Family Law Act 1986s. 1(1)(ca)-(cc)Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Sch. 3 para. 7s. 160(1)Family Law Act 1986s. 19(1A)-(1C)Adoption and Children Act (Northern Ireland) 2022Sch. 3 para. 8s. 160(1) Part IV65In section 1(2)(b), (3)(a) and (5) of the Child Abduction Act 1984 (offence of abduction of child by parent etc.), for the words “a court in England and Wales” there shall be substituted the words “a court in the United Kingdom”.1984 c. 37.