# The Magistrates' Courts (Child Abduction and Custody) Rules 1986, Article 2: Interpretation


In these Rules:—
“complaint” includes an application under Rule 14 of the Magistrates' Courts (Children and Young Persons) Rules 1970;
“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.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1986/1141/article/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-child-abduction-and-custody-rules-1986/article-2
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