1 Offence of abduction of child by parent, etc
Child Abduction Act 1984 (1984 c 37) | Legislation

Part I Offences under Law of England and Wales

1  Offence of abduction of child by parent, etc

(1)     Subject to subsections (5) and (8) below, a person connected with a child under the age of sixteen commits an offence if he takes or sends the child out of the United Kingdom without the appropriate consent.

[(2)     A person is connected with a child for the purposes of this section if—

(a)     he is a parent of the child; or

(b)     in the case of a child whose parents were not married to[, or civil partners of,] each other at the time of his birth, there are reasonable grounds for believing that he is the father of the child; or

(c)     he is a guardian of the child; or

[(ca)     he is a special guardian of the child; or]

(d)     he is a person [named in a child arrangements order as a person with whom the child is to live; or]

(e)     he has custody of the child.

(3)     In this section “the appropriate

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