INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER - CHAPTER 290C INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER - LONG TITLE Empowering section VerDate:25/01/2006 (Cap 290, section 20D) [25 January 2006] (L.N. 229 of 2005) INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER - SECT 1 (Omitted as spent) VerDate:25/01/2006 (Omitted as spent) INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER,INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER - SECT 2 Contracting States VerDate:01/04/2008 (1) It is hereby declared that— (a) a State specified in column 1 of Part 1 of the Schedule is a Contracting State; and (b) a State specified in column 1 of Part 2 of the Schedule is a Contracting State in respect of the corresponding territorial unit or units specified in column 2 of Part 2 of the Schedule. (2) The date of the coming into effect of the Convention (as defined in section 20A(1) of the Ordinance) between Hong Kong and a State specified in column 1 of the Schedule is the date set out opposite to that State in column 2 of Part 1 or column 3 of Part 2 (as the case may be) of the Schedule. (L.N. 5 of 2008) INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER,INTERCOUNTRY ADOPTION (CONTRACTING STATES) ORDER - SCHEDULE SCHEDULE VerDate:01/04/2008 [section 2] LIST OF CONTRACTING STATES PART 1 Column 1 Column 2 Contracting States Date of coming into effect of the Convention The Republic of Albania The United States of America The Principality of Andorra The Republic of Armenia The Republic of Austria The Azerbaijani Republic The Republic of Belarus The Kingdom of Belgium The Republic of Bolivia The Federative Republic of Brazil The Republic of Bulgaria The Burkina Faso The Republic of Burundi The Kingdom of Cambodia The Republic of Chile The Republic of Colombia The Republic of Costa Rica The Republic of Cuba The Republic of Cyprus The Czech Republic The Kingdom of Denmark The Republic of Ecuador The Republic of El Salvador The Republic of Estonia The Republic of Finland Georgia The Federal Republic of Germany The Republic of Guatemala The Republic of Guinea The Republic of Hungary The Republic of Iceland The Republic of India The State of Israel The Republic of Italy The Republic of Kenya The Republic of Latvia The Republic of Lithuania The Grand Duchy of Luxembourg The Republic of Madagascar The Republic of Malta The Republic of Mauritius The United States of Mexico The Republic of Moldova The Principality of Monaco Mongolia The Kingdom of the Netherlands New Zealand The Kingdom of Norway The Republic of Panama The Republic of Paraguay The Republic of Peru The Republic of the Philippines The Republic of Poland The Portuguese Republic Romania The Republic of San Marino The Slovak Republic The Republic of Slovenia The Republic of South Africa The Kingdom of Spain The Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka The Kingdom of Sweden The Swiss Confederation The Kingdom of Thailand The Republic of Turkey The Oriental Republic of Uruguay The Republic of Venezuela 25 January 2006 1 April 2008 25 January 2006 1 June 2007 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 1 August 2007 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 1 June 2007 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 1 June 2007 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 (L.N. 5 of 2008) PART 2 Column 1 Contracting States Column 2 Territorial unit or units in respect of which a declaration has been made under Article 45 of the Convention Column 3 Date of coming into effect of the Convention The Commonwealth of Australia Canada All the territorial units of Australia Alberta British Columbia Manitoba New Brunswick Newfoundland and Labrador Northwest Territories Nova Scotia Nunavut Ontario Prince Edward Island Quebec Saskatchewan Yukon Territory 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 1 February 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 The French Republic The whole of the territory of the French Republic, with the exception of its overseas territories 25 January 2006 The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland England Wales Scotland Northern Ireland Isle of Man 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006 25 January 2006