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12.62.—(1) A party may apply to the court under Article 15(1) of the Council Regulation or under Article 8(1) of the 1996 Hague Convention —
(a)to stay(GL) the proceedings or a specified part of the proceedings and to invite the parties to introduce a request before a court of another Member State or Contracting State; or
(b)to make a request to a court of another Member State or another Contracting State to assume jurisdiction for the proceedings, or a specified part of the proceedings.
(2) An application under paragraph (1) must be made—
(a)to the court in which the relevant parental responsibility proceedings are pending; and
(b)using the Part 18 procedure.
(3) The applicant must file the application notice and serve it on the respondents—
(a)where the application is also made under Article 11 of the Council Regulation, not less than 5 days, and
(b)in any other case, not less than 42 days,
before the hearing of the application.
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