S.I. No. 220/2008 - Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991 (Section 4) (Hague Convention) Order, 2008

1. This Order may be cited as the

Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991

(Section 4) (Hague Convention) Order, 2008.

2. Pursuant to the third paragraph of Article 26, the United States declares that it will not be bound to assume any costs or expenses resulting from the participation of legal counsel or advisers or from court and legal proceedings in connection with efforts to return children from the United States pursuant to the Convention except insofar as those costs or expenses are covered by a legal aid program.” — 29 April 1988

Uzbekistan

“The Republic of Uzbekistan shall not be bound to assume any costs referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 26 and resulting from the participation of legal counsel or from court proceedings.” — 31 May 1999

Venezuela

“All communications to the Central Authority should be drawn up in the Spanish language. The Republic of Venezuela is not bound to assume any costs referred to in Article 26, paragraph 3.” — 16 October 1996

Zimbabwe

“...subject to the reservation that the costs mentioned in the second paragraph of Article 26 of the aforesaid Convention shall not be borne by the State.” — 4 April 1995

GIVEN under my official seal at Dublin

25 June 2008

MICHEÁL MARTIN.

Minister for Foreign Affairs.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

(This note is not part of the Instrument and does not purport to be a legal interpretation)

Section 4

of the

Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991

enables the Minister for Foreign Affairs to declare which states are Contracting States to the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, done at The Hague on the 25th day of October 1980 and that a declaration or reservation has been made to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. This Order specifies which States are Contracting States and sets out the texts of the declarations and reservations which have been received by the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.

3. In accordance with the provisions of Article 42 and pursuant to Article 26, paragraph 3, the Government declares that it will assume the costs referred to in paragraph 2 of Article 26 only insofar as those costs are covered by the French system of legal aid...” — 16 September 1982

Germany

“The Federal Republic of Germany declares in accordance with the third paragraph of Article 26 that it is not bound to assume any costs referred to in the second paragraph of Article 26 resulting from the participation of legal counsel or advisers or from court proceedings, except insofar as those costs may be covered by its regulations concerning legal aid and advice.

The Federal Republic of Germany assumes that, in accordance with the first paragraph of Article 24, applications from other Contracting States shall regularly be accompanied by a translation into German.” — 27 September 1990

Greece

“1. In accordance with Article 42 of the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction, Greece declares that it shall not be bound to assume any costs referred to in the second paragraph of Article 26 resulting from the participation of legal counsel or advisers or from court proceedings, except insofar as those costs concern cases of free legal aid.

4. The Government of the Republic of El Salvador declares that all documentation sent to El Salvador in application of the said Convention must be accompanied by an official translation into Spanish.” — 5 February 2001

Estonia

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S.I. No. 220 of 2008

CHILD ABDUCTION AND ENFORCEMENT OF CUSTODY ORDERS ACT, 1991 (SECTION 4) (HAGUE CONVENTION) ORDER, 2008

Notice of the making of this Statutory Instrument was published in

“Iris Oifigiúil” of

1

st July

, 2008.

I, MICHEÁL MARTIN, Minister for Foreign Affairs, in exercise of the powers conferred upon me by

section 4

of the

Child Abduction and Enforcement of Custody Orders Act, 1991

(No. 6 of 1991), hereby order as follows