The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986

Statutory Instruments

1986 No. 1159

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties To Conventions) Order 1986

Made

8th July 1986

Coming into Operation

1st August 1986

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 8th day of July 1986

Present,

The Queen's Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by sections 2 and 13 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—

1.  This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986, and shall come into operation on 1st August 1986.

2.—(1) In this Article of, and in Schedule 1 to, this Order, “ the Convention” means the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction which was signed at The Hague on 25th October 1980.

(2) (a) The Contracting States to the Convention shall be as specified in the first column of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(b) Where the Convention applies, or applies only, to a particular territory or particular territories specified in a declaration made by a Contracting State under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention, the territory or territories in question shall be as specified in the second column of Schedule 1 to this Order.

(c) The date of the coming into force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and any State or territory so specified shall be as specified in the third column of Schedule 1 to this Order.

3.—(1) In this Article of, and in Schedule 2 to, this Order, “ the Convention” means the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on the Restoration of Custody of Children which was signed in Luxembourg on 20th May 1980.

(2) (a) The Contracting States to the Convention shall be as specified in the first column of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(b) Where the Convention applies, or applies only, to a particular territory or particular territories specified by a Contracting State under Article 24 or 25 of the Convention, the territory or territories in question shall be as specified in the second column of Schedule 2 to this Order.

(c) The date of the coming into force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and any State or territory so specified shall be as specified in the third column of Schedule 2 to this Order.

G. I. de Deney

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 2

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 as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
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
The French Republic	—	1st August 1986
The Hungarian People's Republic	—	1st September 1986
The Portuguese Republic	—	1st August 1986
The Swiss Confederation	—	1st August 1986

Article 3

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
The Republic of Austria	—	1st August 1986
The Kingdom of Belgium	—	1st August 1986
The Republic of Cyprus	—	1st October 1986
The French Republic	—	1st August 1986
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	—	1st August 1986
The Portuguese Republic	—	1st August 1986
Spain	—	1st August 1986
The Swiss Confederation	—	1st August 1986

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Order, which is made under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, specifies for the purposes of that Act the Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980 (Cmnd. 8281), and to the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on Restoration of Custody of Children, Luxembourg, 20th May 1980 (Cmnd. 8155), as well as the territories to which those two Conventions extend.