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(1)The condition referred to in [F1section 19(1)(b)(ii)] of this Act is that on the relevant date the child concerned—
(a)is habitually resident in Northern Ireland, or
(b)is present in Northern Ireland and is not habitually resident in any part of the United Kingdom,
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 or the court is excluded if, on the relevant date, [F2matrimonial proceedings] are continuing in a court in England and Wales or Scotland in respect of the marriage of the parents of the child concerned.
(3)Subsection (2) above shall not apply if the court in which the other proceedings there referred to are continuing has made—
(a)an order under section [F32A(4)] or 13(6) of this Act (not being an order made by virtue of section 13(6)(a)(i)), or
(b)an order under section 5(2) or 14(2) of this Act which is recorded as made for the purpose of enabling [F4Part I proceedings with respect to] the child concerned to be taken in Northern Ireland,
and that order is in force.
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Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 20(1) substituted (1.3.2005) by The European Communities (Jurisdiction and Judgments in Matrimonial and Parental Responsibility Matters) Regulations 2005 (S.I. 2005/265), regs. 1, 14 (with reg. 20)
F2Words in s. 20(2) substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2), art. 185(1), Sch. 9 para. 125(b); S.R. 1996/297, art. 2(2)
F3Figure in s. 20(3)(a) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 68(c) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F4Words in s. 20(3)(b) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 62(2)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F5S. 20(4)-(6) repealed (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2), art. 185(2), Sch. 10; S.R. 1996/297, art. 2(2)
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