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An 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.
X1 The text of ss. 55, 58 to 63, 68, 69 was taken from S.I.F. Group 49:1 (Family Law: Marriage, England and Wales and Abroad), ss. 44 to 54, 64, 68, 69, Schs. 1, 2 from S.I.F. Group 49:3 (Family Law: Matrimonial Proceedings), ss. 56, 58 to 60, 63, 68, 69 from S.I.F. Group 49:7 (Family Law: Legitimacy, Affiliation and Age of Majority, England and Wales), ss. 1 to 7, 19 to 43, 65 to 69 from S.I.F. Group 49:9 (Family Law: Guardianship, England and Wales and Northern Ireland), ss. 1, 8 to 18, 25 to 43, 67 to 69 from S.I.F. Group 49:10 (Family Law: Guardianship and Aliment, Scotland), and ss. 57, 58 to 60, 63, 68, 69 from S.I.F. Group 49:11 (Family Law: Adoption).
C2 Pt. I applied by S.I. 1991/1723, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 and art. 3(3), Sch. 3.
F6 (ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F6 (iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F12 (a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F13 (b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F14 (c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(6) Provision may be made by act of sederunt prescribing, in relation to orders within subsection (1) (b) above, what constitutes an application for the purposes of this Part.
F5 Words in s. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 41(2)(a); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3, Sch.
F7 Words in s. 1(1)(b)(iv) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 41(2)(b); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3, Sch.
F267 F6 (ii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F268 F6 (iii). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F275 (a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F276 (b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F277 (c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
F266 Words in s. 1(1)(b) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 41(2)(a); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F269 Words in s. 1(1)(b)(iv) substituted (1.11.1996) by 1995 c. 36, s. 105(4), Sch. 4 para. 41(2)(b); S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(3), Sch.
F270 Words in s. 1(1)(b)(ix) substituted (S.) (25.9.1991) by Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991 (c. 50, SIF 49:8), ss. 10(1), 11(2), Sch. 1 para. 44.
[F23 (2A) A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to make a special guardianship order under the Children Act 1989 unless the condition in section 3 of this Act is satisfied.
and, in either case, the jurisdiction of the court is not excluded by subsection (2) below.
(2) For the purposes of subsection (1) above, the jurisdiction of the court is excluded if, on the relevant date, [F39 matrimonial proceedings] [F40 or civil partnership proceedings] are continuing in a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of the marriage [F41 or civil partnership] of the parents of the child concerned.
and that order is in force.
F44 (4). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(1) A court in England and Wales which has jurisdiction to make a [F46 Part I order] may refuse an application for the order in any case where the matter in question has already been determined in proceedings outside England and Wales.
the court may stay the proceedings on the application [F52 or (as the case may be) exercise its powers under Article 15 [F53 of the Council Regulation or Article 8 of the Hague Convention] ] .
(3) The court may remove a stay granted [F57 by virtue of subsection (2) (a) or (b) above] if it appears to the court that there has been unreasonable delay in the taking or prosecution of the other proceedings referred to in that subsection, or that those proceedings are stayed, sisted or concluded.
(4) Nothing in this section [F63 so far as it relates to proceedings not governed by the Council Regulation] shall affect any power exercisable apart from this section to refuse an application or to grant or remove a stay.
(1) [F64 Part I order] made by a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland (or a variation of such an order) comes into force with respect to a child at a time when a [F64 Part I order] made by a court in England and Wales has effect with respect to him, the latter order shall cease to have effect so far as it makes provision for any matter for which the same or different provision is made by (or by the variation of) the order made by the court in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
(2) Where by virtue of subsection (1) above a [F64 Part I order] has ceased to have effect so far as it makes provision for any matter, a court in England or Wales shall not have jurisdiction to vary that order so as to make provision for that matter.
[F65 (3) A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to vary a Part I order if, on the relevant date, matrimonial proceedings [F66 or civil partnership proceedings] are continuing in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of the marriage [F67 or civil partnership] of the parents of the child concerned.
(5) Subsection (3) above shall not apply in the case of a [F71 variation of a section 1(1) (d) order if the child concerned] is present in England and Wales on the relevant date and the court considers that the immediate exercise of its powers is necessary for his protection.
F75 (a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(7) Where this subsection applies, any family assistance order made under section 16 of the Children Act 1989 with respect to the child shall also cease to have effect.
A court in Scotland may entertain an application for a [F78 Part I order] otherwise than in matrimonial [F79 or civil partnership] proceedings only if it has jurisdiction under section 9, 10, 12 or 15(2) of this Act.

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