Family Law Reform Act 1987

43E+WIn section 20 of that Act for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

(2)In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

  • actual custody”, as respects a child, means the actual possession of the person of the child;

  • child”, except where used to express a relationship, means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen;

  • legal custody” shall be construed in accordance with Part IV of the Children Act 1975;

  • maintenance” includes education.

(2A)In this Act—

(a)references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons; and

(b)references to the father and mother of a child not being married to each other at the time of his birth,

shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987.