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Family Law Act 1986
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25Recognition of custody orders: general.
(1)Where a custody order made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom is in force with respect to a child who has not attained the age of sixteen, then, subject to subsection (2) below, the order shall be recognised in any other part of the United Kingdom as having the same effect in that other part as if it had been made by the appropriate court in that other part and as if that court had had jurisdiction to make it.
(2)Where a custody order includes provision as to the means by which rights conferred by the order are to be enforced, subsection (1) above shall not apply to that provision.
(3)A court in a part of the United Kingdom in which a custody order is recognised in accordance with subsection (1) above shall not enforce the order unless it has been registered in that part of the United Kingdom under section 27 of this Act and proceedings for enforcement are taken in accordance with section 29 of this Act.
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