Paragraph 13 Amendment of the Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984I1

in subsection (1), for “subsections (1A) and (2)” substitute “subsection (1A)”;

in subsection (1A), for the words from “where” to “the end substitute “in relation to which Article 18 of the 2007 Hague Convention applies, the court may not entertain the application or that part of it except where permitted by Article 18”;

in subsection (3), for the words from ““the Maintenance Regulation”” to the end substitute ““the 2007 Hague Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance concluded on 23 November 2007 at The Hague”.

in subsection (1), omit “Subject to subsection (3),”;

omit subsection (3);

omit subsection (4).

in subsection (1), for “subsections (3A) and (4)” substitute “subsection (3A)”;

in subsection (3A), for the words from “where” to the end substitute “in relation to which Article 18 of the 2007 Hague Convention applies, the court may not entertain the application or that part of it except where permitted by Article 18”;

for subsection (5) substitute—

“(5)

“The 2007 Hague Convention” means the Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance concluded on 23 November 2007 at The Hague.”