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Article 2 Interpretation

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In these Rules:—

  • “complaint” includes an application under Rule 14 of the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1970f1;

  • “Contracting State” means a Contracting State defined in section 2 of the 1985 Act;

  • “the 1985 Act” means the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985;

  • “the Hague Convention” means the Convention defined in section 1(1) of the 1985 Act;

  • “the High Court” means the High Court in England and Wales or the High Court in Northern Ireland.

Annotations

Footnotes

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amended by S.I. 1976/1769, 1978/869.