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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-order-2004/schedule",
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  "legislation": "uksi/2004/3040",
  "legislation_title": "The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2004",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-abduction-and-custody-parties-to-conventions-amendment-order-2004",
  "path": "schedule",
  "kind": "schedule",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Schedules 1 and 2 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986",
  "text": "“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 of Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory\nArgentina\n-\n1st June 1991\nAustralia\nAustralian States and mainland Territories\n1st January 1987\nAustria\n-\n1st October 1988\nThe Bahamas\n-\n1st January 1994\nBelarus\n-\n1st September 2003\nBelgium\n-\n1st May 1999\nBelize\n-\n1st October 1989\nBosnia and Herzegovina\n-\n7th April 1992\nBrazil\n-\n1st March 2005\nBurkina Faso\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\nChile\n-\n1st May 1994\nChina\nHong Kong Special Administrative Region\n1st September 1997\nMacau Special Administrative Region\n1st March 1999\nColombia\n-\n1st March 1996\nCroatia\n-\n1st December 1991\nCyprus\n-\n1st February 1995\nCzech Republic\n-\n1st March 1998\nDenmark\n-\n1st July 1991\nEcuador\n-\n1st April 1992\nEstonia\n-\n1st September 2003\nFiji\n-\n1st September 2003\nFinland\n-\n1st August 1994\nFrance\n-\n1st August 1986\nGeorgia\n-\n1st October 1997\nGermany\n-\n1st December 1990\nGreece\n-\n1st June 1993\nHonduras\n-\n1st March 1994\nHungary\n-\n1st September 1986\nIceland\n-\n1st November 1996\nIreland\n-\n1st October 1991\nIsrael\n-\n1st December 1991\nItaly\n-\n1st May 1995\nLatvia\n-\n1st September 2003\nLithuania\n-\n1st March 2005\nLuxembourg\n-\n1st January 1987\nMacedonia\n-\n1st December 1991\nMalta\n-\n1st March 2002\nMauritius\n-\n1st June 1993\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\nPanama\n-\n1st May 1994\nPeru\n-\n1st September 2003\nPoland\n-\n1st November 1992\nPortugal\n-\n1st August 1986\nRomania\n-\n1st February 1993\nSt Kitts and Nevis\n-\n1st August 1994\nSerbia and Montenegro\n-\n27th April 1992\nSlovakia\n-\n1st February 2001\nSlovenia\n-\n1st June 1994\nSouth Africa\n-\n1st October 1997\nSpain\n-\n1st September 1987\nSweden\n-\n1st June 1989\nSwitzerland\n-\n1st August 1986\nTurkey\n-\n1st August 2001\nTurkmenistan\n-\n1st March 1998\nUnited States of America\n-\n1st July 1988\nUruguay\n-\n1st September 2003\nUzbekistan\n-\n1st September 2003\nVenezuela\n-\n1st January 1997\nZimbabwe\n-\n1st July 1995\n”\n“SCHEDULE 2\nEUROPEAN CONVENTION ON RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS CONCERNING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN AND ON THE RESTORATION OF CUSTODY OF CHILDREN, LUXEMBOURG, 20th MAY 1980\nArticle 3\nContracting States to the Convention\nTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 24 or 25 of the Convention\nDate of Coming into Force of Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory\nAustria\n-\n1st August 1986\nBelgium\n-\n1st August 1986\nCyprus\n-\n1st October 1986\nCzech Republic\n-\n1st July 2000\nDenmark\n-\n1st August 1991\nFinland\n-\n1st August 1994\nFrance\n-\n1st August 1986\nGermany\n-\n1st February 1991\nGreece\n-\n1st July 1993\nIceland\n-\n1st November 1996\nIreland\n-\n1st October 1991\nItaly\n-\n1st June 1995\nLatvia\n-\n1st August 2002\nLiechtenstein\n-\n1st August 1997\nLithuania\n-\n1st March 2005\nLuxembourg\n-\n1st August 1986\nMalta\n-\n1st February 2000\nNetherlands\n-\n1st September 1990\nNorway\n-\n1st May 1989\nPoland\n-\n1st March 1996\nPortugal\n-\n1st August 1986\nSpain\n-\n1st August 1986\nSweden\n-\n1st July 1989\nSwitzerland\n-\n1st August 1986\nTurkey\n-\n1st June 2000\n”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2004/3040/schedule",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T05:15:26.050080+00:00"
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  "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."
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