Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1)1
I, WILLIAM PATRICK DEANE, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, acting with the advice of the Federal Executive Council, make the following Regulations under the Family Law Act 1975.
Dated 22 November 2000
WILLIAM DEANE
Governor-General
By His Excellency’s Command
DARYL WILLIAMS
1 Name of Regulations
These Regulations are the Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Amendment Regulations 2000 (No. 1).
2 Commencement
These Regulations commence on gazettal.
3 Amendment of Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998
Schedule 1 amends the Family Law (Hague Convention on Intercountry Adoption) Regulations 1998.
Schedule 1 Amendment
(regulation 3)
[1] Schedule 2
substitute
Schedule 2 Convention countries
(paragraph 4(a))
Country | Date |
Andorra | 1 December 1998 |
Austria | 1 September 1999 |
Brazil | 1 July 1999 |
Burkina Faso | 1 December 1998 |
Burundi | 1 February 1999 |
Canada — in relation only to the following provinces: |
|
(a) Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Prince Edward Island, Saskatchewan and the Yukon Territory | 1 December 1998 |
(b) Northwest Territories | 1 April 2000 |
(c) Nova Scotia (d) Ontario | 1 October 1999 1 December 1999 |
Chile | 1 November 1999 |
Colombia | 1 December 1998 |
Costa Rica | 1 December 1998 |
Cyprus | 1 December 1998 |
Czech Republic | 1 June 2000 |
Denmark | 1 December 1998 |
Ecuador | 1 December 1998 |
El Salvador | 1 March 1999 |
Finland | 1 December 1998 |
France | 1 December 1998 |
Georgia | 1 August 1999 |
Iceland | 15 August 2000 |
Israel | 1 June 1999 |
Italy | 1 May 2000 |
Lithuania | 1 December 1998 |
Mauritius | 1 January 1999 |
Mexico | 1 December 1998 |
Moldova | 1 December 1998 |
Monaco | 1 October 1999 |
Mongolia | 30 November 2000 |
Netherlands | 1 December 1998 |
New Zealand | 1 January 1999 |
Norway | 1 December 1998 |
Panama | 1 January 2000 |
Paraguay | 1 December 1998 |
Peru | 1 December 1998 |
Philippines | 1 December 1998 |
Poland | 1 December 1998 |
Romania | 1 December 1998 |
Spain | 1 December 1998 |
Sri Lanka | 1 December 1998 |
Sweden | 1 December 1998 |
Venezuela | 1 December 1998 |
Notes
1. These Regulations amend Statutory Rules 1998 No. 249, as amended by 1999 No. 283.
2. Notified in the Commonwealth of Australia Gazette on 29 November 2000.