(1)In this Chapter—
“child” means a person who has not attained the age of sixteen;
“matrimonial proceedings” means proceedings for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation.
(2)In this Chapter,“the date of the application” means, where two or more applications are pending, the date of the first of those applications; and, for the purposes of this subsection, an application is pending until a custody order or, in the case of an application mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act, an order relating to the tutory or curatory of a pupil or minor, has been granted in pursuance of the application or the court has refused to grant such an order.