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The Child Abduction and Custody (Cayman Islands) Order 1997
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Registration of decisions.
16.—(1) A person on whom any rights are conferred by a decision relating to custody made by an authority in a Contracting State other than the Cayman Islands may make an application for the registration of the decision in the Grand Court.
(2) The Central Authority in the Cayman Islands shall assist such a person in making such an application if a request for such assistance is made by him or on his behalf by the Central Authority of the Contracting State in question.
(3) An application under sub-paragraph (1) above or a request under sub-paragraph (2) above shall be treated as a request for enforcement for the purposes of Articles 10 and 13 of the Convention.
(4) The court shall refuse to register a decision if—
(a)it is of the opinion that on any of the grounds specified in Article 9 or 10 of the Convention the decision should not be recognised the Cayman Islands;
(b)it is of the opinion that the decision is not enforceable in the Contracting State where it was made and is not a decision to which Article 12 of the Convention applies; or
(c)an application in respect of the child under Part I of this Schedule is pending.
(5) In this paragraph “decision relating to custody” has the same meaning as in the Convention.
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