International Child Abduction (Parties to Convention) Order 1999
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (PARTIES TO
CONVENTION) ORDER 1999
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BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT
BR 60/1999
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION ACT 1998
1998 : 23
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (PARTIES TO
CONVENTION) ORDER 1999
Pursuant to the powers conferred by section 4 of the
International Child Abduction Act 1998 the Attorney-General makes the
following Order:
Citation
1 This Order may be cited as the International Child Abduction
(Parties to Convention) Order 1999.
Contracting States
2 (1) The Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil
Aspects of International Child Abduction ("the Convention") which was
signed at the Hague on 25 October 1980 shall be as specified in the first
column of the Schedule.
(2) Where the Convention applies, or applies only, to a
particular territory or particular territories specified in a declaration
made by a Contracting State under Article 39 or 40 of the Convention,
the territory or territories in question shall be as specified in the second
column of the Schedule.
(3) The Convention comes into force on 1 March 1999 as
between the United Kingdom, including Bermuda, and the Contracting
States specified in the Schedule.
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (PARTIES TO
CONVENTION) ORDER 1999 {NAME HERE}
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Commencement
3 This Order comes into force on 1 November 1999.
SCHEDULE
CONVENTION ON CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL
CHILD ABDUCTION
Contracting States
Territories specified in
Declarations under Article 39
or 40 of the Convention
Argentina
Australia Australian States and mainland
Territories
Austria
Bahamas
Belgium
Belize
Bosnia and Hertzegovina
Burkina Faso
Canada Ontario
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Newfoundland
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Yukon Territory
Saskatehevan
Alberta
Northwest Territories
China Hong Kong Special
Administrative Region only
Chile
Columbia
Cyprus
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (PARTIES TO
CONVENTION) ORDER 1999
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Contracting States
Territories specified in
Declarations under Article 39
or 40 of the Convention
Czech Republic
Denmark
Ecuador
Finland
France
Georgia
Germany
Greece
Honduras
Hungary
Iceland
Republic of Ireland
Israel
Italy
Luxembourg
Macedonia
Mauritius
Mexico
Monaco
Netherlands
New Zealand
Norway
Panama
Poland
Portugal Macau
INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (PARTIES TO
CONVENTION) ORDER 1999 {NAME HERE}
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Contracting States
Territories specified in
Declarations under Article 39
or 40 of the Convention
Romania
Saint Kitts and Nevis
Slovenia
South Africa
Spain
Sweden
Switzerland
Turkmenistan
United States
Venezuela
Yugoslavia, the Federal Republic of
Zimbabwe
Made this 13th day of October, 1999.
Attorney-General
