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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
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