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The Magistrates' Courts (Child Abduction and Custody) Rules 1986

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2.  In these Rules:—

complaintincludes an application under Rule 14 of the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1970(1);

Contracting State” means a Contracting State defined in section 2 of the 1985 Act;

the 1985 Act” means the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985;

the Hague Convention” means the Convention defined in section 1(1) of the 1985 Act;

the High Court” means the High Court in England and Wales or the High Court in Northern Ireland.

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amended by S.I. 1976/1769, 1978/869.

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