{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-no-5-order-1992/article-2",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-no-5-order-1992/article-2.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1992/3199",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 5) Order 1992",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-no-5-order-1992",
  "path": "article/2",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "For Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 there shall be substituted the following—\n“SCHEDULE 1\nCONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980\nArticle 2\nContracting States to the Convention\nTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention\nDate of Coming into Force as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory\nArgentina\n—\n1stJune 1991\nAustralia\nAustralian States and mainland Territories\n1st January 1987\nAustria\n—\n1st October 1988\nBelize\n—\n1st October 1989\nBurkina\n—\n1st August 1992\nCanada\nOntario\n1st August 1986\nNew Brunswick\n1st August 1986\nBritish Columbia\n1st August 1986\nManitoba\n1st August 1986\nNova Scotia\n1st August 1986\nNewfoundland\n1st August 1986\nPrince Edward Island\n1st August 1986\nQuebec\n1st August 1986\nYukon Territory\n1st August 1986\nSaskatchewan\n1st November 1986\nAlberta\n1st February 1987\nNorthwest Territories\n1st April 1988\nDenmark\n—\n1st July 1991\nEcuador\n—\n1st April 1992\nFrance\n—\n1st August 1986\nGermany\n—\n1st December 1990\nHungary\n—\n1st September 1986\nRepublic of Ireland\n—\n1st October 1991\nIsrael\n—\n1st December 1991\nLuxembourg\nemrule;\n1st January 1987\nMexico\n—\n1st September 1991\nMonaco\n—\n1st February 1993\nNetherlands\n—\n1st September 1990\nNew Zealand\n—\n1st August 1991\nNorway\n—\n1st April 1989\nPoland\n—\n1st November 1992\nPortugal\n—\n1st August 1986\nRomania\n—\n1st February 1993\nSpain\n—\n1st September 1987\nSweden\n—\n1st June 1989\nSwitzerland\n—\n1st August 1986\nUnited States\n—\n1st July 1988\nYugoslavia\n—\n1st December 1991\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1159."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1992/3199/article/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T14:08:43.781930+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}