Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985

Article 12

Where, at the time of the removal of a child across an interna­tional frontier, there is no enforceable decision given in a Contracting State relating to his custody, the provisions of this Convention shall apply to any subsequent decision, relating to the custody of that child and declaring the removal to be unlawful, given in a Contracting State at the request of any interested person.