C1Part I Child Custody
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Chapter III Jurisdiction of Courts in Scotland
18 Interpretation of Chapter III.
1
In this Chapter—
“child” means a person who has not attained the age of sixteen;
“matrimonial proceedings” means proceedings for divorce, nullity of marriage or judicial separation.
2
In this Chapter, “the date of the application” means, where two or more applications are pending, the date of the first of those applications; and, for the purposes of this subsection, an application is pending until a F1Part I order or, in the case of an application mentioned in section 16(1) of this Act, an order relating to the F2guardianship of a child, has been granted in pursuance of the application or the court has refused to grant such an order.
Pt. I applied by S.I. 1991/1723, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 and art. 3(3), Sch. 3.