Adoption of Children Act 1949
1949 c. 98
An Act to amend the law relating to the adoption of children; and for related purposes.
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13 Definition of “relative”.
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For the purposes of this Act, the expression “relative”, in relation to an infant, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, and includes—
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where the infant is illegitimate, the father of the infant and any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the infant were the legitimate child of its mother and father.
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Ss. 1–12, 14–16, Sch. repealed by Adoption Act 1950 (c. 26), Sch. 4
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Short title given by s. 16(1) of this Act