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Revised Statute from The UK Statute Law Database

Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (c. 60)

This version of this statute is extracted from the UK Statute Law Database (SLD). It is not necessarily in the form in which it was originally enacted but is a revised version, which means that any subsequent amendments to the text and other effects are incorporated with annotations.

There are effects on this legislation that have not yet been applied to SLD for the following years: 2003, 2004, 2005, 2007 and 2009. See the Tables of Legislative effects and the Update status of legislation page on the SLD website.

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Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985

1985 CHAPTER 60

Contents

Go to Preamble

  1. Part I

    International Child Abduction

    1. 1. The Hague Convention

    2. 2. Contracting States

    3. 3. Central Authorities

    4. 4. Judicial authorities

    5. 5. Interim powers

    6. 6. Reports

    7. 7. Proof of documents and evidence

    8. 8. Declarations by United Kingdom courts

    9. 9. Suspension of court’s powers in cases of wrongful removal

    10. 10. Rules of court

    11. 11. Cost of applications

  2. Part II

    Recognition and Enforcement of Custody Decisions

    1. 12. The European Convention

    2. 13. Contracting States

    3. 14. Central Authorities

    4. 15. Recognition of decisions

    5. 16. Registration of decisions

    6. 17. Variation and revocation of registered decisions

    7. 18. Enforcement of decisions

    8. 19. Interim powers

    9. 20. Suspension of court’s powers

    10. 21. Reports

    11. 22. Proof of documents and evidence

    12. 23. Decisions of United Kingdom courts

    13. 24. Rules of court

    14. 24A. Power to order disclosure of child’s whereabouts

  3. Part III

    Supplementary

    1. 26. Expenses

    2. 27. Interpretation

    3. 28. Application as respects British Islands and colonies

    4. 29. Short title, commencement and extent

  4. SCHEDULE 1

    Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction

  5. SCHEDULE 2

    European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Concerning Custody of Children

  6. SCHEDULE 3

    CUSTODY ORDERS

An Act to enable the United Kingdom to ratify two international Conventions relating respectively to the civil aspects of international child abduction and to the recognition and enforcement of custody decisions.

[25th July 1985]

Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:

Commencement Information

I1Act not in force at Royal Assent see s. 29(2); Act wholly in force at 1.8.1986

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