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Part 1E+WPreliminary

IntroductionE+W

1E+WThis Part applies for the purposes of this Schedule.

The ConventionE+W

2(1)Convention” means the Convention referred to in section 63.E+W

(2)Convention country” means a country in which the Convention is in force.

(3)A reference to an Article or Chapter is to an Article or Chapter of the Convention.

(4)An expression which appears in this Schedule and in the Convention is to be construed in accordance with the Convention.

Countries, territories and nationalsE+W

3(1)Country” includes a territory which has its own system of law.E+W

(2)Where a country has more than one territory with its own system of law, a reference to the country, in relation to one of its nationals, is to the territory with which the national has the closer, or the closest, connection.

Adults with incapacityE+W

4[F1(1)]Adult” means [F2subject to sub-paragraph (2)] a person who—E+W

(a)as a result of an impairment or insufficiency of his personal faculties, cannot protect his interests, and

(b)has reached 16.

[F3(2)But “adult” does not include a child to whom F4... the following applies—

(a)the Convention on Jurisdiction, Applicable Law, Recognition, Enforcement and Co-Operation in respect of Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children that was signed at The Hague on 19 October 1996;

F5(b). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .]

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F1Sch. 3 para. 4 renumbered as Sch. 3 para. 4(1) (coming into force in accordance with reg. 1(2) of the amending S.I.) by virtue of The Parental Responsibility and Measures for the Protection of Children (International Obligations) (England and Wales and Northern Ireland) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/1898), reg. 17, Sch. para. 10(b)

Protective measuresE+W

5(1)Protective measure” means a measure directed to the protection of the person or property of an adult; and it may deal in particular with any of the following—E+W

(a)the determination of incapacity and the institution of a protective regime,

(b)placing the adult under the protection of an appropriate authority,

(c)guardianship, curatorship or any corresponding system,

(d)the designation and functions of a person having charge of the adult's person or property, or representing or otherwise helping him,

(e)placing the adult in a place where protection can be provided,

(f)administering, conserving or disposing of the adult's property,

(g)authorising a specific intervention for the protection of the person or property of the adult.

(2)Where a measure of like effect to a protective measure has been taken in relation to a person before he reaches 16, this Schedule applies to the measure in so far as it has effect in relation to him once he has reached 16.

Central AuthorityE+W

6(1)Any function under the Convention of a Central Authority is exercisable in England and Wales by the Lord Chancellor.E+W

(2)A communication may be sent to the Central Authority in relation to England and Wales by sending it to the Lord Chancellor.

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