73E+WAt the end of Schedule 1 to the Interpretation Act 1978, there shall be added the following heading and entry—
“ Construction of certain references to relationshipsE+W
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 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]”.