FAMILY LAW (CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 17 Declaration that removal or retention was wrongful
FAMILY LAW (CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 17
Declaration that removal or retention was wrongful(1) On application, a court may by order declare that:
(a) the removal of a child from Australia to a convention country; or
(b) the retention of a child in a convention country;
was wrongful within the meaning of Article 3 of the Convention.
(2) The court may ask a responsible Central Authority to arrange
for the person, institution or other body making a request in relation to the
return of a child under the Convention to obtain an order of a court, or a
decision of a competent authority, of the country in which the child
habitually resided immediately before his or her removal or retention
declaring that the removal or retention was wrongful within the meaning of
Article 3 of the Convention.