Commonwealth Numbered Regulations

1986 No. 85 FAMILY LAW (CHILD ABDUCTION CONVENTION) REGULATIONS - REG 2

2. (1) In these Regulations, unless the contrary intention appears -

"applicant" means a person who has made an application referred to in
regulation 11, 13 or 24, as the case requires;

"Commonwealth Central Authority" means the Commonwealth Central Authority
appointed under regulation 3;

"Central Authority" has the meaning it has in the Convention;

"child" means a person who has not attained the age of 16 years;

"Convention" or "Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction" means the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child
Abduction referred to in section 111B of the Act, a copy of the English text
of which is set out in Schedule 1;

"convention country" means a country that under regulation 10 is a convention
country;

"filed" has the same meaning as in the Family Law Regulations;

"removal", in relation to a child, means the wrongful removal or retention of
a child within the meaning of the Convention;

"responsible Central Authority", in relation to action to be taken in a State
or Territory, means the Commonwealth Central Authority or the State Central
Authority of that State or Territory, as the case requires;

"rights of access" has the same meaning as in the Convention;

"rights of custody" has the same meaning as in the Convention, and includes
rights arising by the operation of law or by reason of a judicial or
administrative decision or by an agreement having legal effect under a law in
force in a convention country;

"Rules of Court" has the same meaning as in the Family Law Regulations;

"State Central Authority" means a person appointed under subregulation 8 (1)
to be the Central Authority of a State or Territory;

"the Act" means the Family Law Act 1975.

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