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Family Law Reform Act 1987

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Changes over time for: Cross Heading: Parental rights and duties: general

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Version Superseded: 06/04/2009

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Point in time view as at 01/04/2001.

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Parental rights and duties: generalE+W

2 Construction of enactments relating to parental rights and duties.E+W

(1)In the following enactments, namely—

(a)section 42(1) of the M1National Assistance Act 1948;

(b)section 6 of the Family Law Reform Act M21969;

(c)the Guardianship of Minors Act M31971 (in this Act referred to as “the 1971 Act”);

(d)Part I of the Guardianship Act 1973 (in this Act referred to as “the 1973 Act”);

(e)Part II of the Children Act 1975;

(f)the Child Care Act 1980 except Part I and sections 13, 24, 64 and 65;

F1(g). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons shall be construed in accordance with section 1 above.

(2)In subsection (7) of section 1 of the 1973 Act (equality of parental rights) for the words from “or be taken” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ and nothing in subsection (1) above shall be taken as applying in relation to a child whose father and mother were not married to each other at the time of his birth ”.

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