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[In relation to England and Wales—
(a)references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons;
(b)references to a person whose father and mother were or were not married to [, or civil partners of,] each other at the time of his birth; and
(c)references cognate with references falling within paragraph (b) above,
shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987. [The date of the coming into force of that section]]
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