The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1993
S.I. 1993/1573 · Made 23 June 1993
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made 23rd June 1993
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of June 1993
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 1985f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
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Footnotes
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Contents
1
This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1993.
The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order 1992f1 is revoked.
2
For Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986f1 there shall be substituted the following—
“SCHEDULE 1
CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980
Article 2
Contracting States to the Convention Territories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention Date of Coming into Force as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory Argentina — 1st June 1991 Australia Australian States and mainland Territories 1st January 1987 Austria — 1st October 1988 Belize — 1st October 1989 Burkina — 1st August 1992 Canada Ontario
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Yukon Territory
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Northwest Territories
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st August 1986
1st November 1986
1st February 1987
1st April 1988
Denmark — 1st July 1991 Ecuador — 1st April 1992 France — 1st August 1986 Germany — 1st December 1990 Greece — 1st June 1993 Hungary — 1st September 1986 Republic of Ireland — 1st October 1991 Israel — 1st December 1991 Luxembourg — 1st January 1987 Mauritius — 1st June 1993 Mexico — 1st September 1991 Monaco — 1st February 1993 Netherlands — 1st September 1990 New Zealand — 1st August 1991 Norway — 1st April 1989 Poland — 1st November 1992 Portugal — 1st August 1986 Romania — 1st February 1993 Spain — 1st September 1987 Sweden — 1st June 1989 Switzerland — 1st August 1986 United States — 1st July 1988 Yugoslavia — 1st December 1991 ”
Signature
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 Mauritius and Greece 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).