S.L. 410.1 Art. 2Designated countries. Cap. 410.

(a) The countries specified in the Schedule are hereby specified for the purposes of article 4 of the Child

Abduction and Custody Act.

(b) The date specified in the Schedule with respect to each country specified therein shall be the date on which the Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction which was signed at The Hague on the 25th October, 1980 has come into force between Malta and that country. SCHEDULE

(Regulation 2)

Country Date of Commencement ............................................. 1st April 2000 .................................................... 1st April 2000 .................................................... 1st April 2000 ......................................... 1st April 2000 .................................................. 1st June 2000 ............................................. 1st September 2000 ................................................. 1st September 2000 ................................................. 1st January 2001 .......................................... 1st February 2001 .............................................. 1st May 2001 .................................................... 1st May 2001 ................................................. 1st May 2001 ............................................... 1st September 2001 Republic ................................... 1st February 2001 ............................................... 1st January 2002 ................................................. 1st March 2002 Kingdom and Northern Ireland, the following territories: the Cayman Islands; the Islands; the Isle of Man and ........................................... 1st March 2002 Netherlands ................................... 1st April 2002 ................................................ 1st April 2002 ........................................... 1st June 2002 ............................................... 1st June 2002 .............................................. 1st November 2002 States of America ...................... 1st February 2003 Country Date of Commencement Belgium ............................................... 1st May 2003 China, Macau Special Administrative Region ................................................. 1st September 2003 Canada ................................................. 1st November 2003 Serbia and Montenegro ......................... 1st November 2003 Cyprus ................................................. 1st April 2004 Brazil ................................................... 1st May 2004 Turkey ................................................. 1st June 2004 Greece ................................................. 1st June 2004 Italy ..................................................... 1st August 2004 Sweden ................................................ 1st August 2004 Slovenia ............................................... 1st October 2004 Czech Republic .................................... 1st November 2004 Croatia ................................................. 1st February 2005 Venezuela ............................................ 1st February 2005 France .................................................. 1st March 2005 Albania ................................................ 1st July 2009 Bulgaria ............................................... 1st July 2009 Estonia ................................................. 1st July 2009 Latvia .................................................. 1st July 2009 Lithuania .............................................. 1st July 2009 Peru ..................................................... 1st July 2009 Sri Lanka ............................................. 1st July 2009 Ukraine ................................................ 1st July 2009 Uruguay ............................................... 1st July 2009 Armenia ............................................... 1st July 2009 Dominican Republic ............................. 1st July 2009 El Salvador .......................................... 1st July 2009 Guatemala ............................................ 1st July 2009 Nicaragua ............................................. 1st July 2009 San Marino .......................................... 1st July 2009 Seychelles ............................................ 1st July 2009 Thailand ............................................... 1st July 2009 Trinidad and Tobago ............................ 1st July 2009 Morocco............................................... 1st November 2011 Singapore.............................................. 1st November 2011 Gabon................................................... 1st November 2011 Russian Federation................................ 1st July 2016 Andorra................................................ 1st July 2016 Kazakhstan............................................... 23rd August, 2019 Korea, Republic of................................... 23rd August, 2019 Bolivia (Plurinational State of) ................ 29th November 2022 Country Date of Commencement Jamaica.................................................... 29th November 2022 ................................................... 30th November 2023 Philippines.............................................. 30th November 2023