OpenLegislation

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1992

S.I. 1992/803 · Made 16 March 1992

Original text. legislation.gov.uk does not revise statutory instruments, so later amendments are not shown here. Changes made to it are listed under each provision when known.

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

Made 16th March 1992

Coming into force 1st April 1992

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 16th day of March 1992

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. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

(1)

This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1992 and shall come into force on 1st April 1992.

(2)

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) 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 ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the ConventionDate of Coming into Force as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
The Argentine Republic—1st June 1991
AustraliaAustralian States and mainland Territories1st January 1987
Austria—1st October 1988
Belize—1st October 1989
CanadaOntario1st August 1986
New Brunswick1st August 1986
British Columbia1st August 1986
Manitoba1st August 1986
Nova Scotia1st August 1986
Newfoundland1st August 1986
Prince Edward Island1st August 1986
Quebec1st August 1986
Yukon Territory1st August 1986
Saskatchewan1st November 1986
Alberta1st February 1987
Northwest Territories1st April 1988
The Kingdom of Denmark—1st July 1991
Ecuador—1st April 1992
The French Republic—1st August 1986
The Federal Republic of Germany—1st December 1990
The Hungarian People’s Republic—1st September 1986
Ireland—1st October 1991
Israel—1st December 1991
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg—1st January 1987
Mexico—1st September 1991
The Kingdom of the Netherlands—1st September 1990
New Zealand—1st August 1991
Norway—1st April 1989
The Portuguese Republic—1st August 1986
Spain—1st September 1987
Sweden—1st June 1989
The Swiss Confederation—1st August 1986
The United States of America—1st July 1988
The Socialist Federal Republicof Yugoslavia—1st December 1991

”

Signature

G.I. de Deney

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 Ecuador 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).