(3) Any application under subsection (1) above or a
re st under subsection (2) above shall be treated as a
request for enforcement for the purposes of Articles 10 and
13 of the Convention.
(4) The Court in the territory having jurisdiction to
entertain applications under the Convention shall refuse to
register a decision if -
(a) the court is of the opinion that on any of the
grounds specified in Article 9 or 10 of the
Convention the decision should not be recognised in
the Territory;
(b) the court is of the opinion that the decision is not
enforceable in the Contracting State where it was
made and is not a decision to which Article 12 of the
Convention applies; or
(c) an application in respect of the child under Part I
of this Act is pending.
(6) In this section "decision relating to custody" has
the same meaning as in the Convention.
17. (1) Where a decision which has been registered under
section 16 above is varied, or revoked by an authority
outside the Territory in the Contracting State in which it
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