(This note is not part of the Order)
The Reciprocal Enforcement of Maintenance Orders (Hague Convention Countries) Order 1993 provides for the implementation in the United Kingdom of the Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Decisions Relating to Maintenance Obligations concluded in The Hague on 2nd October 1973. Spain, in accordance with Article 31 of the Convention, has deposited its instrument of accession to the Convention.
This Order varies Schedule 1 to the 1993 Order by adding Spain to the list of Hague Convention countries to which that Order applies.