SCHEDULES
F1SCHEDULE 3GText of the 2007 Hague Convention
Annotations:
Amendments (Textual)
Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance
CHAPTER IIIAPPLICATIONS THROUGH CENTRAL AUTHORITIES
Article 17Applications not qualifying under Article 15 or Article 16
In the case of all applications under this Convention other than those under Article 15 or Article 16—
a
the provision of free legal assistance may be made subject to a means or a merits test;
b
an applicant, who in the State of origin has benefited from free legal assistance, shall be entitled, in any proceedings for recognition or enforcement, to benefit, at least to the same extent, from free legal assistance as provided for by the law of the State addressed under the same circumstances.
Sch. 3G inserted (31.12.2020) by Private International Law (Implementation of Agreements) Act 2020 (c. 24), s. 4(3), Sch. 4 (with s. 3(1), Sch. 5 para. 8)