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6.—(1) Where an authority has reason to believe that a child has been unlawfully taken to, or is being unlawfully kept in, Northern Ireland, or has run away to Northern Ireland, or is missing and believed to be in Northern Ireland, a recovery order made by a court in England and Wales under section 50 of the Act (being an order which appears to the Secretary of State to correspond in its effect to an order which may be made under any provision in force in Northern Ireland) shall have effect for all purposes of the law of Northern Ireland as if it were an order made under section 50 of the Act by a magistrate’s court within the meaning of the Magistrates' Courts (Northern Ireland) Order 1981(1).
(2) Where a child is subject to a recovery order which is to have effect in Northern Ireland as mentioned in paragraph (1), any reasonable expenses incurred by an authorised person within the meaning of section 50(7) of the Act shall be recoverable from the authority in whose care the child was.
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