AFP

Australian Federal Police

CCA

Commonwealth Central Authority

CDPP

Commonwealth Director of Public Prosecutions

CSA

Child Support Agency

Department

Attorney-General's Department

DFAT

Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade

Family Court

Family Court of Australia

Family Law Act       

Family Law Act 1975 (Cth)

Hague Conference

Hague Conference on Private International Law

Hague Convention or Convention

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction [1987] ATS 2 (entered into force generally on 1 December 1983)

Hague Convention abductions

International parental child abduction committed to and from countries which are signatories to the Hague Convention

ISS Australia

International Social Service Australia

non-Convention abductions

International parental child abductions committed to or from countries which are not signatories to the Hague Convention

Overseas Custody Scheme

Overseas Custody (Child Removal) Scheme

Passports Act

Australian Passports Act 2005 (Cth)

Permanent Bureau

Permanent Bureau of the Hague Conference on Private International Law

Regulations

Family Law (Child Abduction Convention) Regulations 1986 (Cth)

SCAs

State and territory Central Authorities

Special Commission

Special Commission on the Practical Operation of the 1980 and 1996 Hague Conventions, Hague Conference on Private International Law