LegalizeThe Child Abduction and Custody (Falkland Islands) Order 1996
Made: 19th December 1996
Laid before Parliament: 7th January 1997
Coming into force: 1st March 1997
At the Court at Buckingham Palace, the 19th day of December 1996 Present, The Queen’s Most Excellent Majesty in Council
Her Majesty, in exercise of the powers conferred on Her by section 28 of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985[^f00001], is pleased, by and with the advice of Her Privy Council, to order, and it is hereby ordered, as follows:—
1
This Order may be cited as the Child Abduction and Custody (Falkland Islands) Order 1996, and shall come into force on 1 March 1997.
2
Sections 1 to 24A, inclusive, section 25(1) and (2), sections 26 and 27 of and Schedules 1 to 3, inclusive, to the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985, modified as in the Schedule hereto, shall extend to the Falkland Islands.
3
For the purpose of the Schedule hereto, the term “Governor” means the officer for the time being administering the Government of the Falkland Islands.
SCHEDULE — PROVISIONS OF THE CHILD ABDUCTION AND CUSTODY ACT 1985 AS EXTENDED TO THE FALKLAND ISLANDS
Signed
N. H. Nicholls — Clerk of the Privy Council
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order extends to the Falkland Islands, with modifications certain provisions of the Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: 1985 c. 60.
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