Statutory Instruments
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
Made
23rd March 1988
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 23rd day of March 1988
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) (Amendment) Order 1988.
(2) The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) 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 |
---|---|---|
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 | |
Northwest Territories | 1st April 1988 | |
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. It specifies that the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980 (Cm.33) has entered into force for the Northwest Territories of Canada.