5. In section 12 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 M1, after subsection (2) insert—
“(3) But those provisions of the Convention are subject to Article 37 of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1347/2000 of 29th May 2000 on jurisdiction and the recognition and enforcement of judgments in matrimonial matters and in matters of parental responsibility for children of both spouses (under which the Regulation takes precedence over the Convention), and the provisions of this Part of this Act, and any rules of court made pursuant to section 24 of this Act, shall be construed accordingly.”.
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