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Statutory Instrument 1991 No. 1698

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

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1991 No. 1698

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

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

Made24th July 1991
Coming into force1st August 1991

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 24th day of July 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 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) (No. 2) Order 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991.

        (2)  The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) 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-
      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
      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<4>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
      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 New Zealand and Mexico 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).


ISBN 0 11 014698 0



Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 60.

[2] S.I. 1991/995.

[3] S.I. 1986/1159.

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