INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION (PARTIES TO CONVENTION) ORDER 1999

BERMUDA STATUTORY INSTRUMENT

BR 60/1999

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.

2. Contracting States

(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.

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Commencement

3 This Order comes into force on 1 November 1999.

SCHEDULE

CONVENTION ON CIVIL ASPECTS OF INTERNATIONAL CHILD ABDUCTION Territories specified in Declarations under Article 39 Contracting States 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

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

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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