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2017 No. 775

Children And Young Persons

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2017

Made

19th July 2017

Coming into force

20th July 2017

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of July 2017

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in the exercise of the powers conferred upon Her by sections 2(2) and 13(2) of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985(1), is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:

Citation and commencement

1.  This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2017 and comes into force on 20th July 2017.

Revocation of the 2011 (No. 2) Order

2.  The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2011(2) is revoked.

Amendment of the 1986 Order

3.  In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986(3), for Schedules 1 and 2, substitute Schedules 1 and 2 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

Article 3

SCHEDULESchedules 1 and 2 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986

Article 2

SCHEDULE 1Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980

Contracting States to the ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the ConventionDate of Coming into Force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Albania1st July 2016
Andorra1st July 2016
Argentina1st June 1991
Armenia1st July 2016
AustraliaAustralian States and mainland Territories1st January 1987
Austria1st October 1988
The Bahamas1st January 1994
Belarus1st October 2003
Belgium1st May 1999
Belize1st October 1989
Bosnia and Herzegovina1st December 1991
Brazil1st March 2005
Bulgaria1st May 2009
Burkina Faso1st November 1992
CanadaOntario1st August 1986
New Brunswick1st August 1986
British Columbia1st August 1986
Manitoba1st August 1986
Nova Scotia1st August 1986
Newfoundland and Labrador1st August 1986
Prince Edward Island1st August 1986
Quebec1st August 1986
Yukon Territory1st August 1986
Saskatchewan1st November 1986
Alberta1st February 1987
Northwest Territories1st April 1988
Nunavut1st January 2001
Chile1st May 1994
ChinaHong Kong Special Administrative Region1st September 1997
Macau Special Administrative Region1st March 1999
Colombia1st March 1996
Costa Rica1st May 2009
Croatia1st December 1991
Cyprus1st February 1995
Czech Republic1st March 1998
Denmark1st July 1991
Ecuador1st June 1992
El Salvador1st May 2009
Estonia1st October 2003
Fiji1st October 2003
Finland1st August 1994
France1st August 1986
Georgia1st October 1997
Germany1st December 1990
Greece1st June 1993
Honduras1st March 1994
Hungary1st September 1986
Iceland1st November 1996
Ireland1st October 1991
Israel1st December 1991
Italy1st May 1995
Japan1st April 2014
Kazakhstan1st April 2017
Republic of Korea1st April 2017
Latvia1st October 2003
Lithuania1st March 2005
Luxembourg1st January 1987
Macedonia1st December 1991
Malta1st March 2002
Mauritius1st June 1993
Mexico1st October 1991
Monaco1st February 1993
Montenegro1st December 1991
Morocco1st July 2016
Netherlands1st September 1990
New Zealand1st October 1991
Norway1st April 1989
Panama1st May 1994
Peru1st October 2003
Poland1st November 1992
Portugal1st August 1986
Romania1st February 1993
Russian Federation1st July 2016
St Kitts and Nevis1st August 1994
San Marino1st June 2011
Serbia1st December 1991
Seychelles1st July 2016
Singapore1st July 2016
Slovakia1st February 2001
Slovenia1st June 1994
South Africa1st October 1997
Spain1st September 1987
Sweden1st June 1989
Switzerland1st August 1986
Turkey1st August 2000
Turkmenistan1st May 1998
Ukraine1st June 2011
United States of America1st July 1988
Uruguay1st October 2003
Uzbekistan1st October 2003
Venezuela1st January 1997
Zimbabwe1st July 1995

Article 3

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

Contracting States to the ConventionTerritories specified in Declarations under Article 24 or 25 of the ConventionDate of Coming into Force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Andorra1st July 2011
Austria1st August 1986
Belgium1st August 1986
Bulgaria1st October 2003
Cyprus1st October 1986
Czech Republic1st July 2000
Denmark1st August 1991
Estonia1st September 2001
Finland1st August 1994
France1st August 1986
Germany1st February 1991
Greece1st July 1993
Hungary1st June 2004
Iceland1st November 1996
Ireland1st October 1991
Italy1st June 1995
Latvia1st August 2002
Liechtenstein1st August 1997
Lithuania1st May 2003
Luxembourg1st August 1986
Macedonia1st March 2003
Malta1st February 2000
Moldova1st May 2004
Montenegro6th June 2006
Netherlands1st September 1990
Norway1st May 1989
Poland1st March 1996
Portugal1st August 1986
Romania1st September 2004
Serbia1st May 2002
Slovakia1st September 2001
Spain1st August 1986
Sweden1st July 1989
Switzerland1st August 1986
Turkey1st June 2000
Ukraine1st November 2008

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order revokes the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2011 (S.I. 2011/1081) and amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 (S.I. 1986/1159) (“the 1986 Order”).

This Order substitutes a new Schedule 1 for the existing Schedule 1 to the 1986 Order, adding the States outlined below to the list of Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm. 33). The States and the dates of the coming into force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and that State are as follows: Japan, 1st April 2014; Albania, Andorra, Armenia, Morocco, the Russian Federation, Seychelles and Singapore, 1st July 2016; Kazakhstan and the Republic of Korea, 1st April 2017.

This Order also substitutes a new Schedule 2 for the existing Schedule 2 to the 1986 Order adding the States listed below to the list of Contracting States to the European Convention on Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions concerning Custody of Children and on the Restoration of Custody of Children, done at Luxembourg on 20th May 1980 (Cm. 191). The States and the dates of the coming into force of that Convention as between the United Kingdom and that State are as follows: Ukraine, 1st November 2008; Andorra, 1st July 2011.

An impact assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because no impact on the private or voluntary sectors is foreseen.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1159. Schedule 1 was last substituted by Schedule 1 as set out in the Schedule to S.I. 2011/1081. Schedule 2 was last substituted by Schedule 2 as set out in the Schedule to S.I. 2009/702.

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