# The Child Abduction (Northern Ireland) Order 1985, Article 2: Interpretation

Extent: N.I.

(1) The 1954 c. 33 (N.I.) Interpretation Act (Northern Ireland) 1954 shall apply to Article 1 and the following provisions of this Order as it applies to a Measure of the Northern Ireland Assembly.
(2) For the purposes of this Order—
(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 Article 155 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (which extends their meaning).

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/nisi/1985/1638/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-northern-ireland-order-1985/article-2
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