Child Protection (International Measures) Act 2006 No 12
Current version for 6 July 2009 to date (accessed 22 May 2013 at 08:08)
Part 3Section 17

17   Limitation when a child is wrongfully removed from or retained outside a Convention country

A New South Wales authority must not, other than in a case of urgency, exercise jurisdiction under section 16 (2) (a), (b) or (c) to take a New South Wales property protection measure relating to a child if:
(a)  the child has been wrongfully removed from or retained outside a Convention country, and
(b)  an authority of the Convention country keeps jurisdiction under Article 7 of the Child Protection Convention.
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