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Statutory Instruments

1991 No. 1461

CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS

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

Made

26th June 1991

Coming into force

1st August 1991

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 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 1991 and shall come into force on 1st August 1991.

(2) The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1990(2) is revoked.

2.  For Schedule 2 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986(3) there shall be substituted the following—

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 Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
The Republic of Austria1st August 1986
The Kingdom of Belgium1st August 1986
The Republic of Cyprus1st October 1986
The Kingdom of Denmark1st August 1991
The French Republic1st August 1986
The Federal Republic of Germany1st February 1991
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg1st August 1986
The Kingdom of the Netherlands1st September 1990
Norway1st May 1989
The Portuguese Republic1st August 1986
Spain1st August 1986
Sweden1st July 1989
The Swiss Confederation1st 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 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).

(2)

S.I. 1990/2289.

(3)

S.I. 1986/1159.