13 Short title, commencement and extent.U.K.
(1)This Act may be cited as the Child Abduction Act 1984.
(2)This Act shall come into force at the end of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.
(3)Part I of this Act extends to England and Wales only, Part II extends to Scotland only and in Part III section 11(1) and (5)(a) and section 12 do not extend to Scotland and section 11(1), (2) and (5)(a) and (c) does not extend to Northern Ireland.