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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-act-1985/schedule-1/part-3/crossheading-article-17",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/60",
  "legislation_title": "Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-act-1985",
  "path": "schedule/1/part/3/crossheading/article-17",
  "kind": "crossheading",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Article 17",
  "text": "The sole fact that a decision relating to custody has been given in or is entitled to recognition in the requested State shall not be a ground for refusing to return a child under this Convention, but the judicial or administrative authorities of the requested State may take account of the reasons for that decision in applying this Convention.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/60/schedule/1/part/3/crossheading/article-17",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:55.041541+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}