SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 8Minor and consequential amendments
Part IAmendments connected with Part II
The Children Act 1989 (c. 41)
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1
The Children Act 1989 is amended as follows.
2
In section 6(3A) (revocation or appointment of guardian) for paragraph (a) substitute—
a
a court of civil jurisdiction in England and Wales by order dissolves, or by decree annuls, a marriage, or
3
In section 8(3) after “means” insert “(subject to subsection (5))”.
4
In section 8, insert after subsection (4)—
5
For the purposes of any reference in this Act to family proceedings, powers which under this Act are exercisable in family proceedings shall also be exercisable in relation to a child, without any such proceedings having been commenced or any application having been made to the court under this Act, if—
a
a statement of marital breakdown under section 5 of the Family Law Act 1996 with respect to the marriage in relation to which that child is a child of the family has been received by the court; and
b
it may, in due course, become possible for an application for a divorce order or for a separation order to be made by reference to that statement.