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The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2020

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JurisdictionUK Non-devolved
CitationSI 2020/277
Year2020

2020 No. 277

Children And Young Persons

The Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2020

Made 11th March 2020

Coming into force 12th March 2020

At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 11th day of March 2020

Present,

The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council

Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 2(2) of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 19851, is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to make the following Order:

S-1 Citation and commencement

Citation and commencement

1. This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) (Amendment) Order 2020 and comes into force on 12th March 2020.

S-2 Amendment of the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986

Amendment of the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986

2. In the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 19862, for Schedule 1 substitute Schedule 1 as set out in the Schedule to this Order.

Richard Tilbrook

Clerk of the Privy Council

SCHEDULE

Article 2

Schedule 1 substituted in the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986

“SCHEDULE 1

Article 2

Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, The Hague, 25th October 1980

Contracting States to the Convention

Territories specified in Declarations under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention

Date of Coming into Force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and the State or Territory

Albania

-

1st July 2016

Andorra

-

1st July 2016

Argentina

-

1st June 1991

Armenia

-

1st July 2016

Australia

Australian States and mainland Territories

1st January 1987

Austria

-

1st October 1988

The Bahamas

-

1st January 1994

Belarus

-

1st October 2003

Belgium

-

1st May 1999

Belize

-

1st October 1989

Bosnia and Herzegovina

-

1st December 1991

Brazil

-

1st March 2005

Bulgaria

-

1st May 2009

Burkina Faso

-

1st November 1992

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 and Labrador

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

Nunavut

1st January 2001

Chile

-

1st May 1994

China

Hong Kong Special Administrative Region

1st September 1997

Macau Special Administrative Region

1st March 1999

Colombia

-

1st March 1996

Costa Rica

-

1st May 2009

Croatia

-

1st December 1991

Cyprus

-

1st February 1995

Czech Republic

-

1st March 1998

Denmark

-

1st July 1991

Dominican Republic

-

21st February 2020

Ecuador

-

1st June 1992

El Salvador

-

1st May 2009

Estonia

-

1st October 2003

Fiji

-

1st October 2003

Finland

-

1st August 1994

France

-

1st August 1986

Georgia

-

1st October 1997

Germany

-

1st December 1990

Greece

-

1st June 1993

Honduras

-

1st March 1994

Hungary

-

1st September 1986

Iceland

-

1st November 1996

Ireland

-

1st October 1991

Israel

-

1st December 1991

Italy

-

1st May 1995

Japan

-

1st April 2014

Kazakhstan

-

1st April 2017

Republic of Korea

-

1st April 2017

Latvia

-

1st October 2003

Lithuania

-

1st March 2005

Luxembourg

-

1st January 1987

Macedonia

-

1st December 1991

Malta

-

1st March 2002

Mauritius

-

1st June 1993

Mexico

-

1st October 1991

Monaco

-

1st February 1993

Montenegro

-

1st December 1991

Morocco

-

1st July 2016

Netherlands

-

1st September 1990

New Zealand

-

1st October 1991

Norway

-

1st April 1989

Panama

-

1st May 1994

Peru

-

1st October 2003

Poland

-

1st November 1992

Portugal

-

1st August 1986

Romania

-

1st February 1993

Russian Federation

-

1st July 2016

St Kitts and Nevis

-

1st August 1994

San Marino

-

1st June 2011

Serbia

-

1st December 1991

Seychelles

-

1st July 2016

Singapore

-

1st July 2016

Slovakia

-

1st February 2001

Slovenia

-

1st June 1994

South Africa

-

1st October 1997

Spain

-

1st September 1987

Sweden

-

1st June 1989

Switzerland

-

1st August 1986

Turkey

-

1st August 2000

Turkmenistan

-

1st May 1998

Ukraine

-

1st June 2011

United States of America

-

1st July 1988

Uruguay

-

1st October 2003

Uzbekistan

-

1st October 2003

Venezuela

-

1st January 1997

Zimbabwe

-

1st July 1995”

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order amends the Child Abduction and Custody (Parties to Conventions) Order 1986 ( S.I. 1986/1159) (“the 1986 Order”).

This Order substitutes a new Schedule 1 for the existing Schedule 1 to the 1986 Order, adding Dominican Republic to the list of Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on 25th October 1980 (Cm.33). The date of the coming into force of the Convention as between the United Kingdom and Dominican Republic is 21st February 2020.

An Impact Assessment has not been prepared for this instrument because there is no, or no significant, impact on business in the United Kingdom.

(1) 1985 c.60.
(2) S.I. 1986/1159. Schedule 1 was last substituted by S.I. 2017/775.

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