(1)At the end of paragraph 1(b) of the Schedule to the M1Visiting Forces Act 1952 (definition of “offence against the person”), there shall be inserted, appropriately numbered—
“(0)the Child Abduction Act 1984.”.
(2)After paragraph 2 of Schedule 1 to the M2Firearms Act 1968 there shall be inserted—
“2AOffences under Part I of the Child Abduction Act 1984 (abduction of children).”.
(3)The reference to abduction in section 1(1)
of the M3Internationally Protected Persons Act 1978 [F1and sections 63B(2) and 63C(2) of the Terrorism Act 2000] shall be construed as not including an offence under section 1 above or any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland or Part II of this Act.
(4)In section 4(1)(a) of the M4Suppression of Terrorism Act 1978, after “11,”, there shall be inserted “11B,”; and in Schedule 1 to that Act, after paragraph 11A, there shall be inserted—
An offence under section 2 of the Child Abduction Act 1984 (abduction of child by person other than parent etc.) or any corresponding provision in force in Northern Ireland.”.
(5)The following provisions are hereby repealed—
(a)section 56 of the Offences against the M5Person Act 1861;
(b)in Schedule 1 to the M6Extradition Act 1870, the words “Child stealing”;
(c)in paragraph 2 of schedule 1 to the M7Firearms Act 1968, the words “section 56 (child-stealing and abduction)”.
Textual Amendments
F1Words in s. 11(3) inserted (26.4.2004) by Crime (International Co-operation) Act 2003 (c. 32), s. 94(1), Sch. 5 para. 10; S.I. 2004/786, art. 3(1)(2)
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