http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/60/section/3Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985An 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.1985-07-25texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2021-10-08Expert Participation2020-12-31 Part I International Child Abduction Central Authorities.31Subject to subsection (2) below, the functions under the Convention of a Central Authority shall be discharged—ain England and Wales ... by the Lord Chancellor; andbin Scotland by the Secretary of State; andcin Northern Ireland by the Department of Justice in Northern Ireland2Any 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.3Where 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.S. 3 applied (with modifications) (1.3.1997) by S.I. 1996/3156, art. 2, Sch.S. 3 applied (with modifications) (2.12.1997) by S.I. 1997/2574, art. 2, Sch.Words in s. 3(1)(a) omitted (12.4.2010) by virtue of The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 36(a) (with arts. 28-31)S. 3(1)(c) and word inserted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 36(b) (with arts. 28-31)S. 3(3) substituted (12.4.2010) by The Northern Ireland Act 1998 (Devolution of Policing and Justice Functions) Order 2010 (S.I. 2010/976), art. 1(2), Sch. 18 para. 36(c) (with arts. 28-31)
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