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(1)[F1Part I order] made by a court in Scotland or Northern Ireland (or a variation of such an order) comes into force with respect to a child at a time when a [F1Part I order] made by a court in England and Wales has effect with respect to him, the latter order shall cease to have effect so far as it makes provision for any matter for which the same or different provision is made by (or by the variation of) the order made by the court in Scotland or Northern Ireland.
(2)Where by virtue of subsection (1) above a [F1Part I order] has ceased to have effect so far as it makes provision for any matter, a court in England or Wales shall not have jurisdiction to vary that order so as to make provision for that matter.
[F2(3)A court in England and Wales shall not have jurisdiction to vary a Part I order if, on the relevant date, matrimonial proceedings [F3or civil partnership proceedings] are continuing in Scotland or Northern Ireland in respect of the marriage [F4or civil partnership] of the parents of the child concerned.
[F5(3A)Subsection (3) shall not apply if—
(a)the Part 1 order was made in or in connection with proceedings—
(i)for divorce or nullity in England and Wales in respect of the marriage of the parents of the child concerned; or
(ii)for dissolution or annulment in England and Wales in respect of the civil partnership of the parents of the child concerned; and
(b)those proceedings are continuing.]
[F5(3B)Subsection (3) shall not apply if—
(a)the Part 1 order was made in or in connection with proceedings—
(i)for judicial separation in England and Wales; or
(ii)for a separation order in England and Wales; and
(b)those proceedings are continuing; and
(c)as the case may be, the decree of judicial separation has not yet been granted or the separation order has not yet been made.]]
(4)Subsection (3) above shall not apply if the court in which the proceedings there referred to are continuing has made—
(a)an order under section 13(6) or [F619A(4)] of this Act (not being an order made by virtue of section 13(6)(a)(i)), or
(b)an order under section 14(2) or 22(2) of this Act which is recorded as made for the purpose of enabling [F7Part I proceedings with respect to] the child concerned to be taken in England and Wales,
and that order is in force.
(5)Subsection (3) above shall not apply in the case of a [F8variation of a section 1(1)(d) order if the child concerned] is present in England and Wales on the relevant date and the court considers that the immediate exercise of its powers is necessary for his protection.
[F9(5A)Subsection (7) below applies where a Part I order which is a child arrangements order (within the meaning of section 8(1) of the Children Act 1989) ceases by virtue of subsection (1) above to name a person as someone with whom a child is to live.]
[F10(6)Subsection (7) below [F11also] applies where a Part I order which is—
F12(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b)an order made in the exercise of the High Court’s inherent jurisdiction with respect to children by virtue of which a person has care of a child, or
(c)an order—
(i)of a kind mentioned in section 1(3)(a) of this Act,
(ii)under which a person is entitled to the actual possession of a child,
ceases to have effect in relation to that person by virtue of subsection (1) above.
(7)Where this subsection applies, any family assistance order made under section 16 of the Children Act 1989 with respect to the child shall also cease to have effect.
(8)For the purposes of subsection (7) above the reference to a family assistance order under section 16 of the Children Act 1989 shall be deemed to include a reference to an order for the supervision of a child made under—
(a)section 7(4) of the Family Law Reform Act 1969,
(b)section 44 of the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973,
(c)section 2(2)(a) of the Guardianship Act 1973,
(d)section 34(5) or 36(3)(b) of the Children Act 1975, or
(e)section 9 of the Domestic Proceedings and Magistrates’ Courts Act 1978;
but this subsection shall cease to have effect once all such orders for the supervision of children have ceased to have effect in accordance with Schedule 14 to the Children Act 1989.]
Textual Amendments
F1Words in S. 6(1)(2) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 62(2)(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F2S. 6(3)–(3B) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 66(1) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F3Words in s. 6(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3336), arts. 1, 9(2)(a) (with art. 2(4))
F4Words in s. 6(3) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3336), arts. 1, 9(2)(b) (with art. 2(4))
F5S. 6(3A)(3B) substituted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership (Family Proceedings and Housing Consequential Amendments) Order 2005 (S.I. 2005/3336), arts. 1, 9(3) (with art. 2(4))
F6Words in s. 6(4)(a) substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/756, art. 12(5); S.R. 1996/297, para. 3
F7Words in S. 6(4) 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)
F8Words in S. 6(5) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 66(2) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F9S. 6(5A) inserted (22.4.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 51(2); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)
F10S. 6(6)–(8) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 66(3) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)
F11Word in s. 6(6) inserted (22.4.2014) by Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 51(3)(a); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)
F12S. 6(6)(a) omitted (22.4.2014) by virtue of Children and Families Act 2014 (c. 6), s. 139(6), Sch. 2 para. 51(3)(b); S.I. 2014/889, art. 4(f) (with transitional provisions in S.I. 2014/1042, arts. 3, 4, 6-10)
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