Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991

Jurisdiction of the Court for purposes of Part II .

7.—(1) For the purposes of this Part and the Hague Convention the Court shall have jurisdiction to hear and determine applications under that Convention.

(2) For the purposes of such applications the expression “the judicial or administrative authority” where it occurs in the Hague Convention shall be construed as referring to the Court unless the context otherwise requires.