The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2000
S.I. 2000/1107 · Made 19 April 2000
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made 19th April 2000
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 19th day of April 2000
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 2 and 13 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
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Contents
1
This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2000.
2
The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1999f1 is revoked.
3
In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986f1, for Schedules 1 and 2 there shall be substituted Schedules 1 and 2 set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council
“SCHEDULE 1
CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980
Article 2
Contracting States to the Convention Territories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention Date of Coming into Force of Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory Argentina — 1st June 1991 Australia Australian States and mainland Territories 1st January 1987 Austria — 1st October 1988 The Bahamas — 1st January 1994 Belgium — 1st May 1999 Belize — 1st October 1989 Bosnia and Herzegovina — 7th April 1992 Burkina — 1st August 1992 Canada Ontario 1st August 1986 New Brunswick 1st August 1986 British Columbia 1st August 1986 Manitoba 1st August 1986 Nova Scotia 1st August 1986 Newfoundland 1st August 1986 Prince Edward Island 1st August 1986 Quebec 1st August 1986 Yukon Territory 1st August 1986 Saskatchewan 1st November 1986 Alberta 1st February 1987 Northwest Territories 1st April 1988 Chile — 1st May 1994 China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1st September 1997 Macau Special Administrative Region 1st March 1999 Colombia — 1st March 1996 Croatia — 1st December 1991 Cyprus — 1st February 1995 Czech Republic — 1st March 1998 Denmark — 1st July 1991 Ecuador — 1st April 1992 Federal Republic of Yugoslavia — 27th April 1992 Finland — 1st August 1994 France — 1st August 1986 Georgia — 1st October 1997 Germany — 1st December 1990 Greece — 1st June 1993 Honduras — 1st March 1994 Hungary — 1st September 1986 Iceland — 1st November 1996 Republic of Ireland — 1st October 1991 Israel — 1st December 1991 Italy — 1st May 1995 Luxembourg — 1st January 1987 Macedonia — 1st December 1991 Mauritius — 1st June 1993 Mexico — 1st September 1991 Monaco — 1st February 1993 Netherlands — 1st September 1990 New Zealand — 1st August 1991 Norway — 1st April 1989 Panama — 1st May 1994 Poland — 1st November 1992 Portugal — 1st August 1986 Romania — 1st February 1993 St Kitts and Nevis — 1st August 1994 Slovenia — 1st June 1994 South Africa — 1st October 1997 Spain — 1st September 1987 Sweden — 1st June 1989 Switzerland — 1st August 1986 Turkmenistan — 1st March 1998 United States — 1st July 1988 Venezuela — 1st January 1997 Zimbabwe — 1st July 1995 ”
“SCHEDULE 2
EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENTOF DECISIONS CONCERNING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN AND ON THE RESTORATION OF CUSTODY OF CHILDREN, LUXEMBOURG, 20th MAY 1980
Article 3
Contracting States to the Convention Territories specified in Declarations under Article 24 or 25 of the Convention Date of Coming into Force of Convention as between the United ingdom and the State or Territory Austria — 1st August 1986 Belgium — 1st August 1986 Cyprus — 1st October 1986 Denmark — 1st August 1991 Finland — 1st August 1994 France — 1st August 1986 Germany — 1st February 1991 Greece — 1st July 1993 Iceland — 1st November 1996 Republic of Ireland — 1st October 1991 Italy — 1st June 1995 Liechtenstein — 1st August 1997 Luxembourg — 1st August 1986 Malta — 1st February 2000 Netherlands — 1st September 1990 Norway — 1st May 1989 Poland — 1st March 1996 Portugal — 1st August 1986 Spain — 1st August 1986 Sweden — 1st July 1989 Switzerland — 1st August 1986 ”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 in order to specify that the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm. 33), which was extended to Macau by Portugal with effect from 1st March 1999, remains in force for the Macau Special Administrative Region, China; and to add Malta to the list of Contracting States to the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children, signed at Luxembourg on 20th May 1980 (Cm. 191).