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8.—(1) The High Court has jurisdiction to entertain an application under Article 24 of the Convention for recognition, or non-recognition, of a measure taken in another Contracting State.
(2) But where the recognition or non-recognition of a measure is raised as an incidental question in another court, that court may determine the issue.
(3) The High Court is also to have jurisdiction—
(a)to register a measure taken in another Contracting State for enforcement under Article 26 of the Convention, and
(b)to entertain an application for a declaration—
(i)that a person has, or does not have, parental responsibility for a child by virtue of Article 16 of the Convention, or
(ii)as to the extent of a person’s parental responsibility for a child by virtue of that Article.
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