Family Law Reform Act 1987

29 Evidence of paternity in civil proceedings

(1) Section 12 of the [1968 c. 64.] Civil Evidence Act 1968 (which relates to the admissibility in evidence in civil proceedings of the fact that a person has been adjudged to be the father of a child in affiliation proceedings) shall be amended as follows.

(2) For paragraph (b) of subsection (1) there shall be substituted the following paragraph—

“(b) the fact that a person has been found to be the father of a child in relevant proceedings before any court in England and Wales or has been adjudged to be the father of a child in affiliation proceedings before any court in the United Kingdom;”.

(3) In subsection (2) for the words "to have been adjudged" there shall be substituted the words "to have been found or adjudged and for the words "matrimonial or affiliation proceedings" there shall be substituted the words "other proceedings".

(4) In subsection (5) after the definition of "matrimonial proceedings" there shall be inserted the following definition—

• “'relevant proceedings' means—

  (a)

  proceedings on a complaint under section 42 of the [1948 c. 29.] National Assistance Act 1948 or section 26 of the [1986 c. 50.] Social Security Act 1986;

  (b)

  proceedings on an application for an order under any of the following, namely—

  (i)

  section 6 of the [1969 c. 46.] Family Law Reform Act 1969;

  (ii)

  the [1971 c. 3.] Guardianship of Minors Act 1971;

  (iii)

  section 34(1)(a), (b) or (c) of the [1975 c. 72.] Children Act 1975;

  (iv)

  section 47 of the [1980 c. 5.] Child Care Act 1980; and

  (v)

  section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987;

  (c)

  proceedings on an application under section 35 of the said Act of 1975 for the revocation of a custodianship order;”.