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Statutory Instrument 1995 No. 264

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1995

(The document as of February, 2008)

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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS

1995 No. 264

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1995

Made8th February 1995
Coming into force1st March 1995

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of February 1995

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

    Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by section 13 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 1995, and shall come into force on 1st March 1995.

        (2)  The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order 1994[2] is revoked.
        2.    For Schedule 2 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986[3] there shall be substituted the following—
      SCHEDULE 2Article 3

      EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS CONCERNING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN AND ON THE RESTORATION OF CUSTODY OF CHILDREN, LUXEMBOURG, 20TH MAY 1980

      Contracting States to the ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 24 or 25 of the ConventionDate of Coming into Force of Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
      Austria1st August 1986
      Belgium1st August 1986
      Cyprus1st October 1986
      Denmark1st August 1991
      Finland1st August 1994
      France1st August 1986
      Germany1st February 1991
      Greece1st July 1993
      The Republic of Ireland1st October 1991
      Luxembourg1st August 1986
      Malta1st March 1995
      Netherlands1st September 1990
      Norway1st May 1989
      Portugal1st August 1986
      Spain1st August 1986
      Sweden1st July 1989
      Switzerland1st August 1986



N. H. Nicholls

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 Malta to the list of the Contracting States to the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on the Restoration of Custody of Children, signed at Luxembourg on 20th May 1980 (Cm. 191).



ISBN 0 11 052421 7




Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 60.

[2] S.I. 1994/2792.

[3] S.I. 1986/1159.

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