SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 1Minor and Consequential Amendments

The Conjugal Rights (Scotland) Amendment Act 1861 (c. 86)

2For section 9 there shall be substituted the following section—

9Orders with respect to children.

(1)In any action for divorce, judicial separation or declarator of nullity of marriage the court may make, with respect to any child of the marriage to which the action relates, such order (including an interim order) as it thinks fit relating to parental rights, and may vary or recall such order.

(2)In this section—

(a)" child " and " parental rights " have the same meaning as in section 8 of the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 ;

(b)"child of the marriage " includes any child who—

(i)is the child of both parties to the marriage, or

(ii)is the child of one party to the marriage and has been accepted as a child of the family by the other party; and

(c)"court " in relation to divorce and separation includes the sheriff court.