# The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1991

S.I. 1991/995 · made 16 April 1991

This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties toConventions) Order 1986. It adds the Argentine Republic to the list ofthe Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25th October 1980(Cm. 33).

Made under: Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985 (Section 2)

## Introductory text

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made 16th April 1991
At the Court at Windsor Castle, the 16th day of April 1991 Present,The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council Her Majesty, in exerciseof the powers conferred on Her by section 2 of the Child Abduction andCustody Act 1985, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her PrivyCouncil, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Partiesto Conventions) Order 1991.

## 2 

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 is amended by deleting Schedule 1 thereto and substituting therefor the following—
“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 as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
The Argentine Republic
—
1st June 1991
Australia
Australian States and mainland Territories
1st January 1987
Austria
—
1st October 1988
Belize
—
1st October 1989
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
The French Republic
—
1st August 1986
The Federal Republic of Germany
—
1st December 1990
The Hungarian People’s Republic
—
1st September 1986
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
—
1st January 1987
The Kingdom of the Netherlands
—
1st September 1990
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
”

## 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 toConventions) Order 1986. It adds the Argentine Republic to the list ofthe Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects ofInternational Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25th October 1980(Cm. 33).

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