Protocol on the law applicable to maintenance obligations:Article 16 Non-unified legal systems — territorial

Protocol on the law applicable to maintenance obligations

Article 16 Non-unified legal systems — territorial

Geldend

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1.

In relation to a State in which two or more systems of law or sets of rules of law with regard to any matter dealt with in this Protocol apply in different territorial units -

a)

any reference to the law of a State shall be construed as referring, where appropriate, to the law in force in the relevant territorial unit;

b)

any reference to competent authorities or public bodies of that State shall be construed as referring, where appropriate, to those authorised to act in the relevant territorial unit;

c)

any reference to habitual residence in that State shall be construed as referring, where appropriate, to habitual residence in the relevant territorial unit;

d)

any reference to the State of which two persons have a common nationality shall be construed as referring to the territorial unit designated by the law of that State or, in the absence of relevant rules, to the territorial unit with which the maintenance obligation is most closely connected;

e)

any reference to the State of which a person is a national shall be construed as referring to the territorial unit designated by the law of that State or, in the absence of relevant rules, to the territorial unit with which the person has the closest connection.

2.

For the purpose of identifying the applicable law under the Protocol in relation to a State which comprises two or more territorial units each of which has its own system of law or set of rules of law in respect of matters covered by this Protocol, the following rules apply -

a)

if there are rules in force in such a State identifying which territorial unit's law is applicable, the law of that unit applies;

b)

in the absence of such rules, the law of the relevant territorial unit as defined in paragraph 1 applies.

3.

This Article shall not apply to a Regional Economic Integration Organisation.

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