The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1988

Statutory Instruments

1988 No. 588

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1988

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

“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
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

Explanatory Note

(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.

(1)

1985 c. 60

(2)

S.I. 1987/1825.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1159.

(4)

Schedule 1 to S.I. 1986/1159 was substituted by S.I. 1987/1825.