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Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 843

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1989

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1989 No. 843

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1989

Made16th May 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of May 1989

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 Privy 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) Order 1989.

        (2)  The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1989[2] is revoked.

        2.  The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986[3] is amended by deleting Schedule 1 thereto[4] and substituting therefor the following -
      SCHEDULE 1Article 2

      CONVENTION 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
      AustraliaAustralian States and mainland Territories1st January 1987
      Austria—1st October 1988
      Canada
      Ontario1st 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 Hungarian People's Republic—1st September 1986
      The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg—1st January 1987
      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 Sweden 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).


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Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 60.

[2] S.I. 1989/479.

[3] S.I. 1986/1159.

[4] Schedule 1 to S.I. 1986/1159 was substituted by S.I. 1989/479.

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