{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1986/section-9",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1986/section-9.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/55",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-act-1986",
  "path": "section/9",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "9",
  "heading": "Habitual residence.",
  "text": "Subject to section 11 of this Act, an application for a Part I order otherwise than in matrimonial or civil partnership proceedings may be entertained by—\n(a) the Court of Session if, on the date of the application, the child concerned is habitually resident in Scotland;\n(b) the sheriff if, on the date of the application, the child concerned is habitually resident in the sheriffdom.",
  "extent": "S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in S. 9 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. 9 inserted (5.12.2005) by The Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Amendments) (Scotland) Order 2005 (S.S.I. 2005/623), arts. 1, 13"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/55/section/9",
    "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."
}