C1Part I Child Custody
Chapter VI Miscellaneous and Supplemental
38 Automatic restriction on removal of wards of court.
1
The rule of law which (without any order of the court) restricts the removal of a ward of court from the jurisdiction of the court shall, in a case to which this section applies, have effect subject to the modifications in subsection (3) below.
2
This section applies in relation to a ward of court if—
a
proceedings for divorce, nullity or judicial separation in respect of the marriage of his parents are continuing in a court in another part of the United Kingdom (that is to say, in a part of the United Kingdom outside the jurisdiction of the court of which he is a ward), or
F1aa
proceedings for dissolution or annulment or legal separation in respect of the civil partnership of his parents are continuing in a court in another part of the United Kingdom (that is to say, in a part of the United Kingdom outside the jurisdiction of the court of which he is a ward), or
b
he is habitually resident in another part of the United Kingdom,
except where that other part is Scotland and he has attained the age of sixteen.
3
Where this section applies, the rule referred to in subsection (1) above shall not prevent—
a
the removal of the ward of court, without the consent of any court, to the other part of the United Kingdom mentioned in subsection (2) above, or
b
his removal to any other place with the consent of either the appropriate court in that other part of the United Kingdom or the court mentioned in subsection F2(2)(a) or (aa) above .
Pt. I applied by S.I. 1991/1723, art. 3(2), Sch. 2 and art. 3(3), Sch. 3.