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Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985

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3 Central Authorities.U.K.

(1)Subject to subsection (2) below, the functions under the Convention of a Central Authority shall be discharged—

(a)in England and Wales F1... by the Lord Chancellor; and

(b)in Scotland by the Secretary of State[F2; and

(c)in Northern Ireland by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland]

(2)Any application made under the Convention by or on behalf of a person outside the United Kingdom may be addressed to the Lord Chancellor as the Central Authority in the United Kingdom.

[F3(3)Where any such application relates to a function to be discharged under subsection (1) above by an authority (“the responsible authority”) other than the authority to which the application is addressed, the authority to which the application is addressed shall transmit it to the responsible authority.]

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