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, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order as follows:
1985 c. 60.

1 Citation and commencement
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.

2 Revocation of the 2011 (No. 2) Order
The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2011 is revoked.
S.I. 2011/1081.

3 Amendment of the 1986 Order
In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986, for Schedules 1 and 2, substitute Schedules 1 and 2 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.
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.
Richard Tilbrook Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE Schedules 1 and 2 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986
Article 3

“SCHEDULE 1 Convention 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 of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Albania	–	1st July 2016
Andorra	–	1st July 2016
Argentina	–	1st June 1991
Armenia	–	1st July 2016
Australia	Australian States and mainland Territories	1st January 1987
Austria	–	1st October 1988
The Bahamas	–	1st January 1994
Belarus	–	1st October 2003
Belgium	–	1st May 1999
Belize	–	1st October 1989
Bosnia and Herzegovina	–	1st December 1991
Brazil	–	1st March 2005
Bulgaria	–	1st May 2009
Burkina Faso	–	1st November 1992
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 and Labrador	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
	Nunavut	1st January 2001
Chile	–	1st May 1994
China	Hong Kong Special Administrative Region	1st September 1997
	Macau Special Administrative Region	1st March 1999
Colombia	–	1st March 1996
Costa Rica	–	1st May 2009
Croatia	–	1st December 1991
Cyprus	–	1st February 1995
Czech Republic	–	1st March 1998
Denmark	–	1st July 1991
Ecuador	–	1st June 1992
El Salvador	–	1st May 2009
Estonia	–	1st October 2003
Fiji	–	1st October 2003
Finland	–	1st August 1994
France	–	1st August 1986
Georgia	–	1st October 1997
Germany	–	1st December 1990
Greece	–	1st June 1993
Honduras	–	1st March 1994
Hungary	–	1st September 1986
Iceland	–	1st November 1996
Ireland	–	1st October 1991
Israel	–	1st December 1991
Italy	–	1st May 1995
Japan	–	1st April 2014
Kazakhstan	–	1st April 2017
Republic of Korea	–	1st April 2017
Latvia	–	1st October 2003
Lithuania	–	1st March 2005
Luxembourg	–	1st January 1987
Macedonia	–	1st December 1991
Malta	–	1st March 2002
Mauritius	–	1st June 1993
Mexico	–	1st October 1991
Monaco	–	1st February 1993
Montenegro	–	1st December 1991
Morocco	–	1st July 2016
Netherlands	–	1st September 1990
New Zealand	–	1st October 1991
Norway	–	1st April 1989
Panama	–	1st May 1994
Peru	–	1st October 2003
Poland	–	1st November 1992
Portugal	–	1st August 1986
Romania	–	1st February 1993
Russian Federation	–	1st July 2016
St Kitts and Nevis	–	1st August 1994
San Marino	–	1st June 2011
Serbia	–	1st December 1991
Seychelles	–	1st July 2016
Singapore	–	1st July 2016
Slovakia	–	1st February 2001
Slovenia	–	1st June 1994
South Africa	–	1st October 1997
Spain	–	1st September 1987
Sweden	–	1st June 1989
Switzerland	–	1st August 1986
Turkey	–	1st August 2000
Turkmenistan	–	1st May 1998
Ukraine	–	1st June 2011
United States of America	–	1st July 1988
Uruguay	–	1st October 2003
Uzbekistan	–	1st October 2003
Venezuela	–	1st January 1997
Zimbabwe	–	1st July 1995

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
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 the Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Andorra	–	1st July 2011
Austria	–	1st August 1986
Belgium	–	1st August 1986
Bulgaria	–	1st October 2003
Cyprus	–	1st October 1986
Czech Republic	–	1st July 2000
Denmark	–	1st August 1991
Estonia	–	1st September 2001
Finland	–	1st August 1994
France	–	1st August 1986
Germany	–	1st February 1991
Greece	–	1st July 1993
Hungary	–	1st June 2004
Iceland	–	1st November 1996
Ireland	–	1st October 1991
Italy	–	1st June 1995
Latvia	–	1st August 2002
Liechtenstein	–	1st August 1997
Lithuania	–	1st May 2003
Luxembourg	–	1st August 1986
Macedonia	–	1st March 2003
Malta	–	1st February 2000
Moldova	–	1st May 2004
Montenegro	–	6th June 2006
Netherlands	–	1st September 1990
Norway	–	1st May 1989
Poland	–	1st March 1996
Portugal	–	1st August 1986
Romania	–	1st September 2004
Serbia	–	1st May 2002
Slovakia	–	1st September 2001
Spain	–	1st August 1986
Sweden	–	1st July 1989
Switzerland	–	1st August 1986
Turkey	–	1st June 2000
Ukraine	–	1st 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.