Guardianship Act 1973 (repealed 1.11.1996)

1. Introductory Text

2. Part I England and Wales

   1. 1. Equality of parental rights.

   2. 2. Jurisdiction and orders on applications under s. 9 of Guardianship of Minors Act 1971.

   3. 3. Additional provisions as to supervision orders.

   4. 4. Additional provisions as to order committing care of child to local authority.

   5. 5. Additional provisions as to interim orders.

   6. 5A. Effect on certain orders of parents living together.

   7. 6. Evidence on applications under s. 9 of Guardianship of Minors Act 1971.

   8. 7. Powers of guardians.

   9. 8. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

   10. 8A. Interpretation of Part I.

   11. 9. Consequential amendments, and repeals.

3. Part II Scotland

   1. 10. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

   2. 11. Jurisdiction and orders relating to care and custody of children.

   3. 12. Provisions supplementary to section 11.

   4. 13. Interpretation of Part II.

   5. 14. Consequential amendments.

4. Part III General

   1. 15. Short title, citation, extent and commencement.

5. SCHEDULES

   1. SCHEDULE 1

      Provisions Substituted for Sexual Offences Act 1956 s. 38

      1. On a person’s conviction of an offence under section 10...

   2. SCHEDULE 2

      Amendments of Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 ss. 9, 13, and 16, and Amended Text of s. 9 and s. 15(3)—(6)

      1. Part I Amendments

         1. 1. (1) Section 9 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971...

         2. 2. In section 13(1) of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971...

         3. 3. (1) Section 15 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971...

         4. 4. At the end of section 16 of the Guardianship of...

      2. Part II Text of s. 9 and s. 15(3) to (6), as Amended

         1. Section 9, as amended

            1. 9. (1) The court may, on the application of the mother...

         2. Section 15(3) to (6), as amended

            1. A county court or a magistrates, court shall not have...

   3. Schedule 3

      Repeals under Part I of this Act

   4. Schedule 4

      1. . . . . . . . . . ....

   5. SCHEDULE 5

      Consequential Amendments Relating to Scotland

      1. 1—3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

      2. 4. In section 16(2)(b) of the Maintenance Orders Act 1950, after...

      3. 5. In section 8(1)(d) of the Reserve and Auxiliary Forces (Protection...

      4. 6. In section 8(1)(d) of the Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland)...

      5. 7. In section 2(2) of the Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968,...