Article 22 Family Law Act 1986

Order 47, rule 6 shall be amended by inserting as paragraph (1) the following paragraph—

“(1)

For the purposes of section 15(1) of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971^f1, a county court which is authorised to hear an application under that Act shall be—

(a)

the county court for the district in which the minor to whom the application relates has his habitual residence, or

(b)

where the minor has no habitual residence in any district, the county court for the district in which he is present at the time when the proceedings are commenced, or

(c)

where the minor, having been habitually resident in a district, leaves or remains outside, or is removed from or retained outside that district either without the agreement of the person or of all the persons having the right to determine where he is to reside or in contravention of an order made by a court in any part of the United Kingdom, the county court for that district, for the period of one year beginning with the date of leaving, remaining, removal or retention.”,

• and the existing paragraphs (1), (1A), (2) and (3) shall be renumbered as (2), (3), (4)and (5).