S.L. 460.25 Art. 5Refusal or suspension decisions.

(1) The Civil Court (Family Section) shall have jurisdiction of enforcement to determine -

(a) the question of refusal or suspension of enforcement under Article 21 of the EC Regulation; and

(b) an application for a declaration of enforceability under Article 27 of the EC Regulation.

(2) Where the Civil Court (Family Section) has determined by way of recognising a decision or declaring a decision as enforceable, such decision –

(a) shall be of the same force and effect as if it had originally been made by the Civil Court (Family Section); and

(b) may be enforced in the same way as if the decision had been originally made by the Civil Court (Family Section).

(3) For the purpose of this article, "decision" has the same meaning as that given to the term in paragraph 1 in Article 2.1 of the EC Regulation.