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Contracting States and declarations, reservations, withdrawals and denunciations under Hague Convention.
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4.—(1) The Minister for Foreign Affairs may by order declare—
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(a) that any state specified in the order is a Contracting State, or
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(b) that—
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(i) a declaration (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 38, 39 or 40 of the Hague Convention, or
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(ii) a reservation, or a withdrawal thereof (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 24, 26 or (in the case of a withdrawal) 42 of that Convention, or
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(iii) a denunciation (the text of which shall be set out in the order) has been made pursuant to Article 44 of that Convention,
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to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of the Netherlands.
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(2) An order that is in force under subsection (1) of this section shall, as the case may be, be evidence—
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(a) that any state specified in the order is a Contracting State;
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(b) that a declaration, a reservation, a withdrawal of a reservation or a denunciation set out in the order was made and of its contents.
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(3) The Minister for Foreign Affairs may by order amend or revoke an order under this section (including an order under this subsection).
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