# Child Abduction Act 1984, Section 3: Construction of references to taking, sending and detaining.

Extent: E+W

For the purposes of this Part of this Act—
(a) a person shall be regarded as taking a child if he causes or induces the child to accompany him or any other person or causes the child to be taken;
(b) a person shall be regarded as sending a child if he causes the child to be sent; . . .
(c) a person shall be regarded as detaining a child if he causes the child to be detained or induces the child to remain with him or any other person. and
(d) references to a child’s parents and to a child whose parents were (or were not) married to, or civil partners of, each other at the time of his birth shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (which extends their meaning).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1984/37/section/3 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-act-1984/section-3
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