Notice is hereby given that Regulations 4, 5, 7, 8 and 10 and Schedules 1, 3 and 4 to the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations 2012 (SI 2012/2814), Regulations 3, 4, 6 and 7 and Schedule 1, Schedule 2 in so far as it is not already in force, and Schedules 3 and 4 to the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007 etc.) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2012 (SR 2012/413) and the International Recovery of Maintenance (Hague Convention 2007) (Scotland) Regulations 2012 (SSI 2012/301) shall come into force on 1 August 2014, that being the date on which the 2007 Hague Convention on the International Recovery of Child Support and Other Forms of Family Maintenance enters into force in relation to the United Kingdom.

Note:

The European Union ratified the 2007 Hague Convention on 9 April 2014 on behalf of all Member States and so under Article 60(2)(a) of the Convention it shall enter into force for all Member States of the European Union on the first day of the month following the expiration of three months after the deposit of its instrument of ratification, which is 1 August 2014. Details of Contracting States and their declarations and reservations in relation to the Convention can be found at:

http://www.hcch.net/index_en.php?act=conventions.status&cid=131.