PART 31REGISTRATION OF ORDERS UNDER THE COUNCIL REGULATION, THE CIVIL PARTNERSHIP (JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS) REGULATIONS 2005 , THE MARRIAGE (SAME SEX COUPLES) (JURISDICTION AND RECOGNITION OF JUDGMENTS) REGULATIONS 2014 AND UNDER THE HAGUE CONVENTION 1996

Interpretation31.2.

(1)

In this Part —

(a)

“judgment” is to be construed —

(i)

in accordance with the definition in Article 2(4) of the Council Regulation where it applies;

(ii)

in accordance with regulation 6 of the Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments Regulations where those Regulations apply; F1...

(iii)

as meaning any measure taken by an authority with jurisdiction under Chapter II of the 1996 Hague Convention where that Convention applies; F2or

F3(iv)

in accordance with regulation 4(1)(a) of The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) Regulations 2014 where those Regulations apply.

(b)

“the Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments Regulations” means the Civil Partnership (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) Regulations 2005 M1;

F4(ba)

“the 2014 Regulations” means the Marriage (Same Sex Couples) (Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments) Regulations 2014

(c)

“Member State” means —

(i)

where registration, recognition or non-recognition is sought of a judgment under the Council Regulation, a Member State of the European Union which is bound by that Regulation or a country which has subsequently adopted it;

(ii)

where recognition is sought of a judgment to which the Jurisdiction and Recognition of Judgments Regulations apply, a Member State of the European Union to which Part II of those Regulations applies;

F5(iii)

where recognition is sought of a judgment to which the 2014 Regulations apply, a member State of the European Union to which Part II of those Regulations applies.

(d)

“Contracting State” means a State, other than a Member State within the meaning of (c) above, in relation to which the 1996 Hague Convention is in force as between that State and the United Kingdom; and

(e)

“parental responsibility” —

(i)

where the Council Regulation applies, has the meaning given in Article 2(7) of that Regulation; and

(ii)

where the 1996 Hague Convention applies, has the meaning given in Article 1(2) of that Convention.

(2)

References in this Part to registration are to the registration of a judgment in accordance with the provisions of this Part.