# The Child Abduction and Custody (Cayman Islands) Order 1997, Paragraph 13: Contracting States.


(1) For the purposes of the Convention as it has effect under this Part of this Schedule the Contracting States shall be the United Kingdom and those for the time being specified by an Order in Council under section 13(1) of the United Kingdom Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985.
(2) An Order in Council under that section shall specify the date of the coming into force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and any State specified in the Order. On the same date the Convention shall come into force as between the Cayman Islands and that State.
(3) Where the Convention applies, or applies only, to a particular territory or particular territories specified by a Contracting State under Articles 24 or 25 of the Convention references to that State in sub-paragraphs (1) and (2) above shall be construed as references to that territory or those territories.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1997/2574/schedule/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-cayman-islands-order-1997/schedule/paragraph-13
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