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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS


2005 No. 1260

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2005

  Made 7th May 2005 

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 7th day of May 2005

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 2 and 13 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:

Citation and commencement
     1. This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2005.

Revocation of 2004 Order
    
2. The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2004[2] is revoked.

Amendment of 1986 Order
     3. In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986[3], for Schedules 1 and 2 there are substituted Schedules 1 and 2 set out in the Schedule to this Order.


A. K. Galloway
Clerk of the Privy Council


SCHEDULE

Schedules 1 and 2 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986


    " SCHEDULE 1

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


    Contracting States to the Convention Territories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention Date of Coming into Force of Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
    Argentina - 1st June 1991
    Australia Australian States and mainland Territories 1st January 1987
    Austria - 1st October 1988
    The Bahamas - 1st January 1994
    Belarus - 1st October 2003
    Belgium - 1st May 1999
    Belize - 1st October 1989
    Bosnia and Herzegovina - 1st December 1991
    Brazil - 1st March 2005
    Burkina Faso - 1st November 1992
    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
    Chile - 1st May 1994
    China Hong Kong Special Administrative Region 1st September 1997
         Macau Special Administrative Region 1st March 1999
    Colombia - 1st March 1996
    Croatia - 1st December 1991
    Cyprus - 1st February 1995
    Czech Republic - 1st March 1998
    Denmark - 1st July 1991
    Ecuador - 1st June 1992
    Estonia - 1st October 2003
    Fiji - 1st October 2003
    Finland - 1st August 1994
    France - 1st August 1986
    Georgia - 1st October 1997
    Germany - 1st December 1990
    Greece - 1st June 1993
    Honduras - 1st March 1994
    Hungary - 1st September 1986
    Iceland - 1st November 1996
    Ireland - 1st October 1991
    Israel - 1st December 1991
    Italy - 1st May 1995
    Latvia - 1st October 2003
    Lithuania - 1st March 2005
    Luxembourg - 1st January 1987
    Macedonia - 1st December 1991
    Malta - 1st March 2002
    Mauritius - 1st June 1993
    Mexico - 1st October 1991
    Monaco - 1st February 1993
    Netherlands - 1st September 1990
    New Zealand - 1st October 1991
    Norway - 1st April 1989
    Panama - 1st May 1994
    Peru - 1st October 2003
    Poland - 1st November 1992
    Portugal - 1st August 1986
    Romania - 1st February 1993
    St Kitts and Nevis - 1st August 1994
    Serbia and Montenegro - 1st December 1991
    Slovakia - 1st February 2001
    Slovenia - 1st June 1994
    South Africa - 1st October 1997
    Spain - 1st September 1987
    Sweden - 1st June 1989
    Switzerland - 1st August 1986
    Turkey - 1st August 2000
    Turkmenistan - 1st May 1998
    United States of America - 1st July 1988
    Uruguay - 1st October 2003
    Uzbekistan - 1st October 2003
    Venezuela - 1st January 1997
    Zimbabwe - 1st July 1995"




SCHEDULE 2

EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS CONCERNING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN AND ON THE RESTORATION OF CUSTODY OF CHILDREN, LUXEMBOURG, 20th MAY 1980


Contracting States to the Convention Territories specified in Declarations under Article 24 or 25 of the Convention Date of Coming into Force of Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Austria - 1st August 1986
Belgium - 1st August 1986
Bulgaria - 1st October 2003
Cyprus - 1st October 1986
Czech Republic - 1st July 2000
Denmark - 1st August 1991
Estonia - 1st September 2001
Finland - 1st August 1994
France - 1st August 1986
Germany - 1st February 1991
Greece - 1st July 1993
Hungary - 1st June 2004
Iceland - 1st November 1996
Ireland - 1st October 1991
Italy - 1st June 1995
Latvia - 1st August 2002
Liechtenstein - 1st August 1997
Lithuania - 1st May 2003
Luxembourg - 1st August 1986
Macedonia - 1st March 2003
Malta - 1st February 2000
Moldova - 1st May 2004
Netherlands - 1st September 1990
Norway - 1st May 1989
Poland - 1st March 1996
Portugal - 1st August 1986
Romania - 1st September 2004
Serbia and Montenegro - 1st May 2002
Slovakia - 1st September 2001
Spain - 1st August 1986
Sweden - 1st July 1989
Switzerland - 1st August 1986
Turkey - 1st June 2000"




EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)


This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 to add Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Macedonia, Moldova, Romania, Serbia and Montenegro and Slovakia to the list of Contracting States to the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children, signed at Luxembourg on 20th May 1980 (Cm. 191). This Order also amends the date of entry into force of that Convention as between the United Kingdom and Lithuania, as well as the dates of entry into force of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm.33), as between the United Kingdom and Belarus; Bosnia and Herzegovina; Burkina Faso; Ecuador; Estonia; Fiji; Latvia; Mexico; New Zealand; Peru; Serbia and Montenegro; Turkey; Turkmenistan; Uruguay; and Uzbekistan. These amendments bring the relevant entry into force dates into line with the dates recorded by the depositories for the two Conventions.


Notes:

[1] 1985 c. 60.back

[2] S.I. 2004/3040.back

[3] S.I. 1986/1159.back



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