Statutory Instruments
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made
21st October 1987
At the Court of Saint James, the 21st day of October 1987
Present,
The Counsellors of State in Council
Whereas Her Majesty in pursuance of the Regency Acts 1937 to 1953, was pleased, by Letters Patent dated the 17th day of September 1987, to delegate to the six Counsellors of State therein named or any two or more of them full power and authority during the period of Her Majesty's absence from the United Kingdom to summon and hold on Her Majesty's behalf Her Privy Council and to signify thereat Her Majesty's approval for anything for which Her Majesty's approval in Council is required:
Now, therefore, His Royal Highness The Prince Andrew Duke of York and Her Royal Highness The Princess Royal, being authorised thereto by the said Letters Patent, and in pursuance of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985(1) and all other powers enabling Her Majesty, and by and with the advice of Her Majesty's Privy Council, do on Her Majesty's behalf order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1987.
(2) The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1987(2) is revoked.
2. The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986(3) is amended by deleting Schedule 1 thereto(4) and substituting therefor the following -
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 |
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Australia | Australian States and mainland Territories | 1st January 1987 |
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 | |
The French Republic | - | 1st August 1986 |
The Hungarian People's Republic | - | 1st September 1986 |
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg | - | 1st January 1987 |
The Portuguese Republic | - | 1st August 1986 |
Spain | - | 1st September 1987 |
The Swiss Confederation | - | 1st August 1986" |
G. I. de Deney
Clerk of the Privy Council
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 in order to specify that the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980 (Cm.33) has entered into force for Spain.