2

For Schedule 1 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 19863 there shall be substituted the following–

SCHEDULE 1CONVENTION ON THE CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION, THE HAGUE, 25th OCTOBER 1980

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

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 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

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