FAMILY LAW (CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 1A Purpose

FAMILY LAW (CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION) REGULATIONS 1986 - REG 1A

  (1)   The purpose of these Regulations is to give effect to section   111B of the Act.

  (2)   These Regulations are intended to be construed:

  (a)   having regard to the principles and objects mentioned in the preamble to and Article 1 of the Convention; and

  (b)   recognising, in accordance with the Convention, that the appropriate forum for resolving disputes relating to a child's care, welfare and development is ordinarily the child's country of habitual residence; and

  (c)   recognising that the effective implementation of the Convention depends on the reciprocity and mutual respect between judicial or administrative authorities (as the case may be) of convention countries.