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Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 2624

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1991

Made

19th November 1991

Coming into force

19th November 1991

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of November 1991

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privvy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1991 and shallcome into force on 19th November 1991.

(2) The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1991(2) is revoked.

2. For Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986(3) there shall be substituted the following-

Article 2

"SCHEDULE 1CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980

Contracting States to the ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the ConventionDate of Coming into Force as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
The Argentine Republic-1st June 1991
AustraliaAustralian States and mainland Territories1st January 1987
Austria-1st October 1988
Belize-1st October 1989
CanadaOntario1st August 1986
New Brunswick1st August 1986
British Columbia1st August 1986
Manitoba1st August 1986
Nova Scotia1st August 1986
Newfoundland1st August 1986
Prince Edward Island1st August 1986
Quebec1st August 1986
Yukon Territory1st August 1986
Saskatchewan1st November 1986
Alberta1st February 1987
Northwest Territories1st April 1988
The French Republic-1st August 1986
The Federal Republic of Germany-1st December 1990
The Hungarian People's Republic-1st September 1986
Ireland-1st October 1991
Israel-1st December 1991
the Grand Duchy of Luxembourg-1st January 1987
Mexico-1st September 1991
The Kingdom of the Netherlands-1st September 1990
New Zealand-1st August 1991
Norway-1st April 1989
The Portuguese Republic-1st August 1986
Spain-1st September 1987
Sweden-1st June 1989
The Swiss Confederation-1st August 1986
The United States of America-1st July 1988"

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Explanatory Note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986. It adds Ireland and Israel to the list of the Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at the Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm 33).

(2)

S.I. 1991/1698.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1159.


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