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Orders evidencing entry into force of Convention, etc.
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15.—(1) The Minister for Foreign Affairs may by order—
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(a) declare:
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(i) that in accordance with Article 61.1 the Convention entered or will enter into force for the specified states concerned on a specified date,
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(ii) that in accordance with Article 61.2 the Convention entered or will enter into force for a specified state or territorial unit on a specified date,
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(iii) that pursuant to Article 58.3 an objection has been raised by a specified contracting state to the accession of a specified state to the Convention,
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(iv) that pursuant to Article 59.1 a declaration has been made by a specified contracting state that the Convention shall extend to all its territorial units or only to one or more than one of them to be specified,
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(v) that pursuant to Article 62.1 a specified contracting state has denounced the Convention and that the denunciation took effect, or will take effect, on a specified date,
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(vi) (I) pursuant to paragraph 2 of Article 34, that request under paragraph 1 of that Article to any authority in the State which has information relevant to the protection of a child shall be communicated to that authority only through the Central Authority,
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(II) that pursuant to the said paragraph 2 a declaration has been made by another specified contracting state that requests under the said paragraph 1 to an authority in that contracting state shall be communicated only through its central authority,
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(vii) that pursuant to Article 39 an agreement (the text or a translation of which shall be set out in the order) has been entered into between specified contracting states,
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(viii) (I) that pursuant to Article 54.2 or 55 a reservation (the text or a translation of which shall be set out in the order) has been made by a specified contracting state,
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(II) that pursuant to Article 60.2 a reservation so made has been withdrawn and that it ceased, or will cease, to have effect on a specified date,
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and
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(b) designate:
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(i) pursuant to paragraph 3 of Article 40 the persons or bodies competent to draw up the certificate mentioned in paragraph 1 of that Article,
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(ii) pursuant to Article 44 the authorities within the State to which requests under Article 8, 9 or 33 should be addressed.
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(2) An order that is in force under subsection (1) shall be evidence of the matters stated therein.
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(3) The Minister for Foreign Affairs may be order amend or revoke an order under this section (including an order under this subsection).
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