1989 No. 479
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1989
Made 15th March 1989

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 15th day of March 1989
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 1985, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:
1985 c. 60.

1 1 This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1989.
2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 3) Order 1988 is revoked.
S.I.1988/1839.
2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 is amended by deleting Schedule 1 thereto and substituting therefor the following –

“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 as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Australia	Australian States and mainland Territories	1st January 1987
Austria	—	1st October 1988
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
	Northwest Territories	1st April 1988
The French Republic	—	1st August 1986
The Hungarian People’s Republic	—	1st September 1986
The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg	—	1st January 1987
Norway	—	1st April 1989
The Portuguese Republic	—	1st August 1986
Spain	—	1st September 1987
The Swiss Confederation	—	1st August 1986
The United States of America	—	1st July 1988”

S.I.1986/1159.
Schedule 1 to S.I.1986/1159 was substituted by S.I.1988/1839.
G. I. de Deney Clerk 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. It adds Norway to the list of the Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction signed at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm.33).