PART 12PROCEEDINGS RELATING TO CHILDREN EXCEPT PARENTAL ORDER PROCEEDINGS AND PROCEEDINGS FOR APPLICATIONS IN ADOPTION, PLACEMENT AND RELATED PROCEEDINGS
CHAPTER 6PROCEEDINGS UNDER THE 1980 HAGUE CONVENTION, THE EUROPEAN CONVENTION, THE COUNCIL REGULATION, AND THE 1996 HAGUE CONVENTION
SECTION 2Applications relating to the Council Regulation and the 1996 Hague Convention
Application by a court of another Member State or another Contracting State for transfer of the proceedings12.63.
(1)
This rule applies where a court of another Member State or another Contracting State makes an application under Article 15(2)(c) of the Council Regulation or under Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention that the court having jurisdiction in relation to the proceedings transfer the proceedings or a specific part of the proceedings to the applicant court.
(2)
When the court receives the application, the court officer will—
(a)
as soon as practicable, notify the Central Authority for England and Wales of the application; and
(b)
serve the application, and notice of the hearing on all other parties in England and Wales not less than 5 days before the hearing of the application.