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SCHEDULE 2

Article 2

CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985,

AS EXTENDED TO THE TERRITORIES

PART I

INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION

1. (1) In this Part of this Act "the Convention'

"

means the

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child

Abduction which was signed at The Hague on 25th October 1980.

(2) Subject to the provisions of this Part of this Act,

the provisions of that Convention set out in Schedule 1 to

this Act as it applies in the United Kingdom shall have the

force of law in the Territory.

2. (1) For the purposes of the Convention as it has effect

under this Part of this Act the Territory shall be treated as

if it were a Contracting State, and the other Contracting

States shall be deemed to be:-

(a) the United Kingdom, including

(i)

(ii)

each of the other Territories, and

the Channel Islands and the Isle of Man once the

Convention has been extended to the island in

question; and