Rule 12.65 Application to High Court to make request under ... Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention to request transfer of jurisdictionF5

An application for the court to request transfer of jurisdiction in a matter concerning a child from F1... another Contracting State under F2... Article 9 of the 1996 Hague Convention F3... must be made to the principal registry and heard in the High Court.

An application must be made without notice to any other person and the court may give directions about joining any other party to the application.

Where there is agreement between the court and the court or competent authority to which the request under paragraph (1) is made to transfer the matter to the courts of England and Wales, the court will consider with that other court or competent authority the specific timing and conditions for the transfer.

Upon receipt of agreement to transfer jurisdiction from the court or other competent authority in the F4... Contracting State to which the request has been made, the court officer will serve on the applicant a notice that jurisdiction has been accepted by the courts of England and Wales.

The applicant must attach the notice referred to in paragraph (3) to any subsequent application in relation to the child.

Nothing in this rule requires an application with respect to a child commenced following a transfer of jurisdiction to be made to or heard in the High Court.

Upon allocation, the court to which the proceedings are allocated must immediately fix a directions hearing to consider the future conduct of the case.