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

S.I. 1991/995 · Made 16 April 1991

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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 1985f1, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her PrivyCouncil, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

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Footnotes

f1

1985 c. 60.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

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 1986f1 is amended by deleting Schedule 1 theretof2 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 ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the ConventionDate of Coming into Force as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
The Argentine Republic—1st June 1991
AustraliaAustralian States and mainland Territories1st January 1987
Austria—1st October 1988
Belize—1st October 1989
CanadaOntario1st August 1986
New Brunswick1st August 1986
British Columbia1st August 1986
Manitoba1st August 1986
Nova Scotia1st August 1986
Newfoundland1st August 1986
Prince Edward Island1st August 1986
Quebec1st August 1986
Yukon Territory1st August 1986
Saskatchewan1st November 1986
Alberta1st February 1987
Northwest Territories1st 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).