SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 2 MINOR AND CONSEQUENTIAL AMENDMENTS
The Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (c.3)
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In 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.”