1991 No. 1461

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1991

Made

Coming into force

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 26th day of June 1991

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 13 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 19851, 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 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991.

2

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 19902 is revoked.

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For Schedule 2 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 19863 there shall be substituted the following—

SCHEDULE 2EUROPEAN CONVENTION ON RECOGNITION AND ENFORCEMENT OF DECISIONS CONCERNING CUSTODY OF CHILDREN AND ON THE RESTORATION OF CUSTODY OF CHILDREN, LUXEMBOURG, 20th MAY 1980

Article 3

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 Kingdom of Denmark

1st August 1991

The French Republic

1st August 1986

The Federal Republic of Germany

1st February 1991

The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg

1st August 1986

The Kingdom of the Netherlands

1st September 1990

Norway

1st May 1989

The Portuguese Republic

1st August 1986

Spain

1st August 1986

Sweden

1st July 1989

The Swiss Confederation

1st August 1986

G. I. de DeneyClerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986. It adds the Kingdom of Denmark to the list of the Contracting States to the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Concerning Custody of Children and on the Restoration of Custody of Children, signed at Luxembourg on 20th May 1980 (Cm. 191).