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6 1991

CHILD ABDUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CUSTODY ORDERS ACT, 1991

PART I

Preliminary and General

Short title, construction and commencement.

1. —(1) This Act may be cited as the Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991.

(2) The Courts (Supplemental Provisions) Acts, 1961 to 1988, and this Act, insofar as it affects the jurisdiction or procedure of any court in the State, shall be construed together as one.

(3) This Act shall come into operation on such day or days as the Minister shall fix by order or orders either generally or with reference to any particular purpose or provision and different days may be so fixed for different purposes and different provisions.

Interpretation.

2. —In this Act—

Central Authority in the State” shall be construed in accordance with section 8 or 22 (as may be appropriate) of this Act;

child” where used in the context of the Children Act, 1908, includes a young person within the meaning of that Act;

the Court” means the High Court;

the Hague Convention” means the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, signed at The Hague on the 25th day of October, 1980;

health board” means a health board established under the Health Act, 1970 ;

the Luxembourg Convention” means the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children, signed at Luxembourg on the 20th day of May, 1980;

the Minister” means the Minister for Justice;

prescribed” means prescribed by regulations made by the Minister under this Act;

probation and welfare officer” means a person appointed by the Minister to be a probation and welfare officer or to be a welfare officer or probation officer.