Section 5: Jurisdiction
consolidated text (as at 2009). juris shows the text as it was consolidated; it does not confirm that this is the law in force today.
5. Jurisdiction
(1) The Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine applications
under the Convention.
(2) For the purposes of an application under subsection (1), the expression “the judicial or administrative authority”, where it occurs in the Convention, shall be construed as referring to the Court unless the context otherwise requires.
(3) Nothing in this Act shall prevent a person from applying directly to
the Court, whether or not under the Convention, in respect of the breach of
rights of custody or access to a child removed to a Contracting State.