Part IV E+W Status of Adopted Children

Modifications etc. (not altering text)

C1 Part IV (ss. 38-49): definition applied (5.4.1993) by Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48, SIF 20), s. 26(3), (with s. 9(2)); S.I. 1992/2644, art.2.

47 Miscellaneous enactments. E+W

(1) Section 39 does not apply for the purposes of the table of kindred and affinity in Schedule 1 to the M1 Marriage Act 1949 or sections 10 and 11 (incest) of the M2 Sexual Offences Act 1956.

(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F1 section 39 does not apply for the purposes of any provision of—

(a) [F2 the British Nationality Act 1981]

(b) the M3 Immigration Act 1971,

(c) any instrument having effect under an enactment within paragraph (a) or (b), or

(d) any other provision of the law for the time being in force which determines [F2 British citizenship, British Dependent Territories citizenship [F3 , the status of a British National (Overseas)] or British Overseas citizenship.]

(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F4

(4)(5) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . F5

Textual Amendments

F1 Words repealed by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(8), Sch. 9

F2 Words substituted by British Nationality Act 1981 (c. 61, SIF 87), s. 52(6), Sch. 7

F3 Words inserted by S.I. 1986/948, art. 8, Sch.

F4 S. 47(3) repealed by Social Security Act 1986 (c. 50, SIF 113:1), s. 86, Sch. 11

F5 S. 47(4)(5) repealed by Social Security Act 1988 (c. 7, SIF 113:1), ss. 16, 19(3), Sch. 5

Marginal Citations

M1 1949 c. 76(49:1).

M2 1956 c. 69(39:5).

M3 1971 c. 77(62).