1993 No. 1243
CHILDREN AND YOUNG PERSONS
The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 1993
Made 12th May 1993
Coming into force 1st July 1993

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 12th day of May 1993
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, 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) (Amendment) Order 1993 and shall come into force on 1st July 1993.
2 The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 1992 is revoked.
S.I.1992/1299.
2 For Schedule 2 to the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 there shall be substituted the following—

“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 Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory
Austria	—	1st August 1986
Belgium	—	1st August 1986
Cyprus	—	1st October 1986
Denmark	—	1st August 1991
France	—	1st August 1986
Germany	—	1st February 1991
Greece	—	1st July 1993
The Republic of Ireland	—	1st October 1991
Luxembourg	—	1st August 1986
Netherlands	—	1st September 1990
Norway	—	1st May 1989
Portugal	—	1st August 1986
Spain	—	1st August 1986
Sweden	—	1st July 1989
Switzerland	—	1st August 1986”

S.I.1986/1159.
N. H. Nicholls 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 Greece 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).