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The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/262 · Made 8 February 1994

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CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

Made 8th February 1994

Coming into force 1st March 1994

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of February 1994

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. Schedule CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1t March 1994.

2

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

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

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 Bahamas—1st January 1994
Bosnia-Hercegovina—7th April 1992
Croatia—1st December 1991
Honduras—1st March 1994
Macedonia—1st December 1991

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, Honduras is a Contracting State to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980, with effect from 1st March 1994.