The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2020
S.I. 2020/277 · Made 11 March 2020
Children And Young Persons
Made 11th March 2020
Coming into force 12th March 2020
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of March 2020
Present,
The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:
Annotations to the whole text
Footnotes
- f1
Contents
- 1Citation and commencement
- 2Amendment of the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986
- Signature
- Schedule Schedule 1 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986
- Explanatory note
1Citation and commencement
This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 12th March 2020.
2Amendment of the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986
In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986f1, for Schedule 1 substitute Schedule 1 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.
Signature
Richard Tilbrook
Clerk of the Privy Council
Schedule 1 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986
“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 the Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory Albania - 1st July 2016 Andorra - 1st July 2016 Argentina - 1st June 1991 Armenia - 1st July 2016 Australia Australian States and mainland Territories 1st January 1987 Austria - 1st October 1988 The Bahamas - 1st January 1994 Belarus - 1st October 2003 Belgium - 1st May 1999 Belize - 1st October 1989 Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1st December 1991 Brazil - 1st March 2005 Bulgaria - 1st May 2009 Burkina Faso - 1st November 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 and Labrador 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 Nunavut 1st January 2001 Chile - 1st May 1994 China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1st September 1997 Macau Special Administrative Region 1st March 1999 Colombia - 1st March 1996 Costa Rica - 1st May 2009 Croatia - 1st December 1991 Cyprus - 1st February 1995 Czech Republic - 1st March 1998 Denmark - 1st July 1991 Dominican Republic - 21st February 2020 Ecuador - 1st June 1992 El Salvador - 1st May 2009 Estonia - 1st October 2003 Fiji - 1st October 2003 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 Ireland - 1st October 1991 Israel - 1st December 1991 Italy - 1st May 1995 Japan - 1st April 2014 Kazakhstan - 1st April 2017 Republic of Korea - 1st April 2017 Latvia - 1st October 2003 Lithuania - 1st March 2005 Luxembourg - 1st January 1987 Macedonia - 1st December 1991 Malta - 1st March 2002 Mauritius - 1st June 1993 Mexico - 1st October 1991 Monaco - 1st February 1993 Montenegro - 1st December 1991 Morocco - 1st July 2016 Netherlands - 1st September 1990 New Zealand - 1st October 1991 Norway - 1st April 1989 Panama - 1st May 1994 Peru - 1st October 2003 Poland - 1st November 1992 Portugal - 1st August 1986 Romania - 1st February 1993 Russian Federation - 1st July 2016 St Kitts and Nevis - 1st August 1994 San Marino - 1st June 2011 Serbia - 1st December 1991 Seychelles - 1st July 2016 Singapore - 1st July 2016 Slovakia - 1st February 2001 Slovenia - 1st June 1994 South Africa - 1st October 1997 Spain - 1st September 1987 Sweden - 1st June 1989 Switzerland - 1st August 1986 Turkey - 1st August 2000 Turkmenistan - 1st May 1998 Ukraine - 1st June 2011 United States of America - 1st July 1988 Uruguay - 1st October 2003 Uzbekistan - 1st October 2003 Venezuela - 1st January 1997 Zimbabwe - 1st July 1995 ”
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1159) (“the 1986 Order”).
This Order substitutes a new Schedule 1 for the existing Schedule 1 to the 1986 Order, adding Dominican Republic to the list of Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm.33). The date of the coming into force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and Dominican Republic is 21st February 2020.
An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because there is no, or no significant, impact on business in the United Kingdom.