Statutory Instrument 1992 No. 227

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1992

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1992 No. 227

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1992

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of February 1992

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985^[1], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:

    1.—(1)  This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1992.

    (2)  The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 4) Order 1991^[2] is revoked.

    2.    For Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986^[3] there shall be substituted the following—
SCHEDULE 1Article 2

CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980


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Contracting States to theConvention	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 Kingdom of Denmark	—	1st July 1991
The French Republic	—	1st August 1986
The Federal Republic of Germany	—	1st December 1990
The Hungarian People's Republic	—	1st September 1986
Ireland	—	1st October 1991
Israel	—	1st December 1991
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	—	1st January 1987
Mexico	—	1st September 1991
The Kingdom of the Netherlands	—	1st September 1990
New Zealand	—	1st August 1991
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
The Socialist Federal Republicof Yugoslavia	—	1st December 1991

G.I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986. It adds Denmark to the list of the Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm 33).

[1] 1985 c. 60. back

[2] S.I. 1991/2870. back

[3] S.I. 1986/1159. back