Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986
1 Abolition of status of illegitimacy .
2 Parental rights and their exercise.
3 Orders as to parental rights.
4 Power of parent to appoint guardian.
5 Presumptions.
6 Determination of parentage by blood sample.
7 Actions for declarator.
8 Interpretation.
9 Savings and supplementary provisions.
10 Transitional provisions, amendments and repeals.
11 Citation, commencement and extent.
SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 1 Minor and Consequential Amendments
The Judicial Factors Act 1849 (c. 51)
1In section 25 (application to certain tutors and curators) at...
2. . . . . . . . . ....
The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1907 (c. 51)
3. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
The Trusts (Scotland) Act 1921 (c. 58)
4In section 2 (definitions), in the definition of “trustee”, after...
The National Assistance Act 1948 (c. 29)
5In section 42 (liability to maintain wife or husband and...
The Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958 (c. 40)
6In section 9(1) (jurisdiction of court as respects children where...
The Succession (Scotland) Act 1964 (c. 41)
7(1) In section 33(1) (construction of existing deeds), for the...
The Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49)
8(1) In section 14 (duty to give information of particulars...
The Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
9(1) In section 16(11) (assumption of parental rights by local...
The Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 70)
10In section 7 (protection of trustees and executors), at the...
The Sheriff Courts (Scotland) Act 1971 (c. 58)
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The Guardianship Act 1973 (c. 29)
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The Domicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973 (c. 45)
13In Schedule 2 (ancillary and collateral orders (Scotland)), in paragraph...
The Children Act 1975 (c. 27)
14(1) In section 47(2) (granting of custody)—
The Damages (Scotland) Act 1976 (c. 13)
15In Schedule 1 (definition of relative), in paragraph 2, for...
16. . . . . . . . . ....
The Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977 (c. 15)
17At the end of section 2 (marriage of related persons)...
The Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978 (c. 28)
18(1) In section 18(7) (freeing child for adoption) for the...
The Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53)
19In section 13(1) (interpretation of Part III), for the words...
The Child Abduction Act 1984 (c. 37)
20In section 6 (offence in Scotland of parent, etc. taking...
The Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985 (c. 37)
21In section 27(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “child” for...
SCHEDULE 2 Repeals

Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986

1986 c. 9

An Act to make fresh provision in the law of Scotland with respect to the consequences of birth out of wedlock, the rights and duties of parents, the determination of parentage and the taking of blood samples in relation to the determination of parentage; to amend the law as to guardianship; and for connected purposes.

C1Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal, and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—

Annotations:
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
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Act: definition of "parental rights" applied (17.6.1992) by Child Support Act 1991 (c. 48, SIF 20), s.54, (with s. 9(2)); S.I. 1992/1431, art. 2,Sch.