Amendment of the Family Law Act 1986U.K.
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15.—(1) The Family Law Act 1986 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 2 (jurisdiction: general)—
(a)in subsections (1)(a), (2C)(a) and (3)(a), omit “the Council Regulation or”;
(b)in subsections (1)(b), (2C)(b) and (3)(b), for the words from “neither” to “applies” substitute “ the Hague Convention does not apply ”.
(3) In section 5 (power of court to refuse application or stay proceedings)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)at the end of paragraph (b) insert “ or ”;
(ii)omit paragraph (c) and the “or” following it;
(iii)in the words after subsection (d), omit “Article 15 of the Council Regulation or”;
(b)omit subsection (3A);
(c)in subsection (3B)—
(i)omit “or (3A)”;
(ii)omit “, (3A)”;
(d)in subsection (4), [for “Council Regulation” substitute “Hague Convention”].
(4) In section 19 (jurisdiction: general)—
(a)in subsections (1)(a) and (3)(a), omit “the Council Regulation or”;
(b)in subsections (1)(b) and (3)(b), for the words from “neither” to “applies” substitute “ the Hague Convention does not apply ”.
(5) In section 22 (power of court to refuse application or stay proceedings)—
(a)in subsection (2)—
(i)at the end of paragraph (b) insert “ or ”;
(ii)omit paragraph (c);
(iii)in the words after subsection (d), omit “Article 15 of the Council Regulation or”;
(b)omit subsection (3A);
(c)in subsection (4), [for “Council Regulation” substitute “Hague Convention”].
(6) In section 42 (general interpretation of Part I), in subsection (1), omit the definition of “the Council Regulation”.
(7) In section 45—
(a)in subsection (1), omit “subsection (2) of this section and to”;
(b)omit subsection (2).
(8) In section 54, in subsection (1), omit the definition of “the Council Regulation”.
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