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The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 1995

S.I. 1995/1616 · Made 28 June 1995

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

Made 28th June 1995

Coming into force 1st July 1995

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 28th day of June 1995

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:—

Annotations to the whole text

Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 60.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. 3Article 3
  4. Schedule CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25TH OCTOBER 1980
  5. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 1995, and shall come into force on 1st July 1995.

2

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1995f1 is revoked.

3

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1993f1 is amended by deleting the Schedule and substituting therefor the following—

CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25TH OCTOBER 1980

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Contracting States to the ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Articles 39 or 40 of the ConventionDate of Coming into force as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
The Bahamas—1st January 1994
Bosnia and Herzegovina—7th April 1992
Chile—1st May 1994
Croatia—1st December 1991
Cyprus—1st February 1995
Finland—1st August 1994
Honduras—1st March 1994
Italy—1st May 1995
Macedonia—1st December 1991
Panama—1st May 1994
Slovenia—1st June 1994
St Kitts and Nevis—1st August 1994
Zimbabwe—1st July 1995

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Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which is made under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1993f1 in order to specify that, for the purposes of that Act, Zimbabwe is a Contracting State to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980, with effect from 1st July 1995.