42 General interpretation of Part I
Family Law Act 1986 (1986 c 55) | Legislation

42  General interpretation of Part I

(1)     In this Part—

“certified copy”, in relation to an order of any court, means a copy certified by the prescribed officer of the court to be a true copy of the order or of the official record of the order;

[“parental responsibilities” and “parental rights” have the meanings respectively given by sections 1(3) and 2(4) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995;]

“part of the United Kingdom” means England and Wales, Scotland or Northern Ireland;

“prescribed” means prescribed by rules of court or act of sederunt;

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[“the Hague Convention” means the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-Operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children that was signed at The Hague on 19 October 1996].

(2)     [For the purposes of this Part proceedings in England and Wales or in Northern Ireland for divorce, nullity or judicial separation in respect of the marriage of the parents of a child shall, unless they have been dismissed, be treated as continuing until the child concerned attains the age of [eighteen—

(a)     in the case of proceedings for a decree of divorce, nullity or judicial separation, whether

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