Family Law Act 1986
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14 Power of court to refuse application or sist proceedings.
(1) A court in Scotland which has jurisdiction to entertain an application for a Part I order may refuse the application in any case where the matter in question has already been determined in other proceedings. (2) Where, at any stage of the proceedings on an application made to a court in Scotland for a Part I order, it appears to the court— (a) that proceedings with respect to the matters to which the application relates are continuing outside Scotland or in another court in Scotland; ... (b) that it would be more appropriate for those matters to be determined in proceedings outside Scotland or in another court in Scotland and that such proceedings are likely to be taken there, or (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) that it should exercise its powers under Article 8 of the Hague Convention (request to authority in another Contracting State to assume jurisdiction), the court may sist the proceedings on that application or (as the case may be) exercise its powers under ... Article 8 of the Hague Convention .... (3) The court may recall a sist granted in order for it to exercise its powers under Article8 of the Hague Convention, and withdraw any request made by it to an authority in another Contracting State to assume jurisdiction, if— (a) the authority in the other Contracting State does not assume jurisdiction within the period for which the court granted the sist, or (b) the parties do not, within the period specified by the court, request the authority in the other Contracting State to assume jurisdiction.
14 Power of court to refuse application or sist proceedings.
(1) A court in Scotland which has jurisdiction to entertain an application for a Part I order may refuse the application in any case where the matter in question has already been determined in other proceedings. (2) Where, at any stage of the proceedings on an application made to a court in Scotland for a Part I order, it appears to the court— (a) that proceedings with respect to the matters to which the application relates are continuing outside Scotland or in another court in Scotland; ... (b) that it would be more appropriate for those matters to be determined in proceedings outside Scotland or in another court in Scotland and that such proceedings are likely to be taken there, or (c) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . (d) that it should exercise its powers under Article 8 of the Hague Convention (request to authority in another Contracting State to assume jurisdiction), the court may sist the proceedings on that application or (as the case may be) exercise its powers under ... Article 8 of the Hague Convention .... (3) The court may recall a sist granted in order for it to exercise its powers under Article8 of the Hague Convention, and withdraw any request made by it to an authority in another Contracting State to assume jurisdiction, if— (a) the authority in the other Contracting State does not assume jurisdiction within the period for which the court granted the sist, or (b) the parties do not, within the period specified by the court, request the authority in the other Contracting State to assume jurisdiction.
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