Family Law Act 1986(1)
23. Order 47, rule 7 shall be amended by inserting after paragraph (2) the following new paragraph—
“(2A) For the purposes of section 100 (7) of the Children Act 1975(2), a county court which is authorised to hear an application under Part II of the Act shall be—
(a)the county court for the district in which the child to whom the application relates has his habitual residence, or
(b)where the child has no habitual residence in any district, the county court for the district in which he is present at the date when the proceedings are commenced or
(c)where the child, having been habitually resident in a district, leaves or remains outside, or is removed from or retained outside, that district either without the agreement of the person or of all the persons having the right to determine where he is to reside or in contravention of an order made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom, the county court for that district, for the period of one year beginning with the date of leaving, remaining, removal or retention.”.
1975 c. 72, substituted by paragraph 20(3) of Schedule 1 to the Family Law Act 1986.