Appointed days2

1

31st January 2001 is the day appointed for the coming into force of the following provisions:—

a

sections 13,14, 15 and 22(1) to (3); and

b

paragraph 11(2) of Schedule 3, and section 26 in so far as it relates to that paragraph, in so far as that paragraph affects section 3(2) of the 1991 Act (change of terminology from “absent parent” to “non-resident parent”) for the purposes of sections 15(4A) and 44(2A) of the 1991 Act, inserted respectively by sections 14 and 22(3), and section 44(1) of the 1991 Act amended by section 22(2).

2

The day appointed for the coming into force of section 11 is 15th February 2001.

3

The day appointed for the coming into force of sections 16 and 17 is 2nd April 2001.