{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-order-1989/article-1",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-order-1989/article-1.json",
  "legislation": "uksi/1989/843",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1989",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-order-1989",
  "path": "article/1",
  "kind": "article",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1989.\n(2) The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1989 is revoked.\n2. The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 is amended by deleting Schedule 1 thereto and substituting therefor 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\nAustralia\nAustralian States and mainland Territories\n1st January 1987\nAustria\n—\n1st October 1988\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\nThe French Republic\n—\n1st August 1986\nThe Hungarian People’s Republic\n—\n1st September 1986\nThe Grand Duchy of Luxembourg\n—\n1st January 1987\nNorway\n—\n1st April 1989\nThe Portuguese Republic\n—\n1st August 1986\nSpain\n—\n1st September 1987\nSweden\n—\n1st June 1989\nThe Swiss Confederation\n—\n1st August 1986\nThe United States of America\n—\n1st July 1988\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f1",
      "text": "S.I. 1989/479."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f2",
      "text": "S.I. 1986/1159."
    },
    {
      "type": "footnote",
      "label": "f3",
      "text": "Schedule 1 to S.I. 1986/1159 was substituted by S.I. 1989/479."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1989/843/article/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T15:44:21.336963+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."
}