# The Recovery Abroad of Maintenance (Convention Countries) Order 1975

S.I. 1975/423 · made 18 March 1975

This Order declares that the countries and territories specified in the Schedule to the Order, which Schedule lists the countries and territories to which the United Nations Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance, done at New York on 20th June 1956, extends, are convention countries for the purposes of Part II of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972.

PDFs: Printed copy https://openlegislation.uk/recovery-abroad-of-maintenance-convention-countries-order-1975/pdf/uksi_19750423_en.pdf

## Introductory text

MAINTENANCE OF DEPENDANTS
Made 18th March 1975
Coming into Operation 12th April 1975
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of March 1975
Present,
The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 25(1) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

## 1 

This Order may be cited as the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance (Convention Countries) Order 1975 and shall come into operation on 12th April 1975.

## 2 

The countries and territories specified in the Schedule to this Order, being countries and territories outside the United Kingdom to which the United Nations Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance done at New York on 20th June 1956 extends, are hereby declared to be convention countries for the purposes of Part II of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972.

## Signature

N.E. Leigh

## CONVENTION COUNTRIES

Algeria
Australia
...
Barbados
...
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Brazil
Burkina Faso
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chile
Croatia
Denmark
...
...
...
Ecuador
...
...
Comoro Archipelago
French Polynesia
...
New Caledonia and Dependencies
St. Pierre and Miquelon
... ...
...
Guatemala
Haiti
Holy See
...
...
Israel
...
...
Mexico
Monaco
Morocco
... Netherlands Antilles and Aruba
New Zealand
Niger
...
Pakistan
Philippines
...
...
...
...
...
...
Sri Lanka
Suriname
...
Switzerland
the former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia
Tunisia
Turkey
Uruguay
...
Yugoslavia
(For special provision about Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg, Netherlands (Kingdom in Europe), Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Slovenia, Spain and Sweden, see paragraph 7 of Schedule 4 to the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012.)

## Explanatory note

This Order declares that the countries and territories specified in the Schedule to the Order, which Schedule lists the countries and territories to which the United Nations Convention on the Recovery Abroad of Maintenance, done at New York on 20th June 1956, extends, are convention countries for the purposes of Part II of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972.

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