{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1986/section-11",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1986/section-11.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/55",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1986",
  "path": "section/11",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "11",
  "heading": "Provisions supplementary to sections 9 and 10.",
  "text": "(1) Subject to subsection (2) below, the jurisdiction of the court to entertain an application for a Part I order with respect to a child by virtue of section 9, 10 or 15(2) of this Act is excluded if, on the date of the application, matrimonial or civil partnership proceedings are continuing in a court in any part of the United Kingdom in respect of the marriage or civil partnership of the parents of the child.\n(2) Subsection (1) above shall not apply in relation to an application for a Part I order if the court in which the matrimonial or civil partnership proceedings are continuing has made one of the following orders, that is to say—\n(a) an order under section 2A(4), 13(6) or 19A(4) of this Act (not being an order made by virtue of section 13(6)(a)(ii)); or\n(b) an order under section 5(2), 14(2) or 22(2) of this Act which is recorded as made for the purpose of enabling Part I proceedings with respect to the child concerned to be taken in Scotland or, as the case may be, in another court in Scotland,\nand that order is in force.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1)(2) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 62(2)(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/623), arts. 1, 14(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(1) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/623), arts. 1, 14(2)(b)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(2) inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/623), arts. 1, 14(3)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Figure in s. 11(2)(a) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 68(a) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F6",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(2)(a) substituted (4.11.1996) by S.I. 1995/756, art. 12(5)(d); S.R. 1996/297, art.3"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F7",
      "text": "Words in s. 11(2)(b) substituted (14.10.1991) by Children Act 1989 (c. 41, SIF 20), s. 108, Sch. 13 para. 62(2)(b) (with Sch. 14 para. 1(1)); S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/55/section/11",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:54:01.745039+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."
}