1994 No. 1322

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1994

Made

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 18th day of May 1994

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 19851, 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) (Amendment) (No.3) Order 1994.

2

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 19942 and the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No.2) Order 19943 are revoked.

3

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 19934 is amended by deleting the Schedule and substituting therefor the following—

SCHEDULECONVENTION 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 Bahamas

—

1st January 1994

Bosnia and Herzegovina

—

7th April 1992

Chile

—

1st May 1994

Croatia

—

1st December 1991

Honduras

—

1st March 1994

Macedonia

—

1st December 1991

Panama

—

1st May 1994

Slovenia

—

1st June 1994

N. H. NichollsClerk of the Privy Council

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order, which is made under the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 19935 in order to specify that, for the purposes of that Act, Chile and Slovenia are Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980, with effect from 1st May 1994 and 1st June 1994 respectively.