The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1987

Made10th February 1987

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 10th day of February 1987

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) Order 1987.

2

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 19862 is amended by deleting Schedule 1 thereto and substituting therefor the following—

SCHEDULE 1CONVENTION 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
Australia
Australian States and mainland Territories
1st January 1987
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
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
The French Republic
—
1st August 1986
The Hungarian People’s Republic
—
1st September 1986
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg
—
1st January 1987
The Portuguese Republic
—
1st August 1986
The Swiss Confederation
—
1st August 1986

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
Australia	Australian States and mainland Territories	1st January 1987
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	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
The French Republic	—	1st August 1986
The Hungarian People’s Republic	—	1st September 1986
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	—	1st January 1987
The Portuguese Republic	—	1st August 1986
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 in order to specify that the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980 (Cm. 33) has entered into force for Australia, Luxembourg and the Canadian Provinces of Saskatchewan and Alberta.