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CHILD PROTECTION (INTERNATIONAL MEASURES) ACT 2003 - SECT 3

3 Main purposes of Act

The main purposes of this Act are to recognise—

(a) the importance of international co-operation for the protection of children; and
(b) the need to avoid conflict between the legal systems of different countries about the jurisdiction, applicable law, recognition and enforcement of measures for the protection of children; and
(c) that a child's best interests are a primary consideration in relation to a measure for protecting the person of the child or a measure for protecting the child's property.


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