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30 Orders applying section 1 to other enactments.E+W

(1)The Lord Chancellor may by order make provision for the construction in accordance with section 1 above of such enactments passed before the coming into force of that section as may be specified in the order.

(2)An order under this section shall so amend the enactments to which it relates as to secure that (so far as practicable) they continue to have the same effect notwithstanding the making of the order.

(3)An order under this section shall be made by statutory instrument which shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament.

31 Interpretation.E+W

In this Act—

  • the 1953 Act” means the M1Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953;

  • the 1971 Act” means the M2Guardianship of Minors Act 1971;

  • the 1973 Act” means the M3Guardianship Act 1973.

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32Text of 1971 Act as amended.E+W

The 1971 Act (excluding consequential amendments of other enactments and savings) is set out in Schedule 1 to this Act as it will have effect, subject to sections 33(2) and 34(3) below, when all the amendments and repeals made in it by this Act come into force.

33 Amendments, transitional provisions, savings and repeals.U.K.

(1)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 2 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments there specified, being minor amendments and amendments consequential on the provisions of this Act.

(2)The transitional provisions and savings in Schedule 3 to this Act shall have effect.

(3)The inclusion in this Act of any express saving or amendment shall not be taken as prejudicing the operation of sections 16 and 17 of the Interpretation Act 1978 (which relate to the effect of repeals).

(4)The enactments mentioned in Schedule 4 to this Act are hereby repealed to the extent specified in the third column of that Schedule.

34 Short title, commencement and extent.U.K.

(1)This Act may be cited as the Family Law Reform Act 1987.

(2)This Act shall come into force on such day as the Lord Chancellor may by order made by statutory instrument appoint; and different days may be so appointed for different provisions or different purposes.

(3)Without prejudice to the transitional provisions contained in Schedule 3 to this Act, an order under subsection (2) above may make such further transitional provisions as appear to the Lord Chancellor to be necessary or expedient in connection with the provisions brought into force by the order, including—

(a)such adaptations of the provisions so brought into force; and

(b)such adaptations of any provisions of this Act then in force,

as appear to him necessary or expedient in consequence of the partial operation of this Act.

(4)The following provisions of this Act extend to Scotland and Northern Ireland, namely—

(a)–section 33(1) and paragraphs 12, 13 and 74 of Schedule 2;

(b)–section 33(2) and paragraph 7 of Schedule 3 so far as relating to the operation of the M4Maintenance Orders Act 1950;

(c)–section 33(4) and Schedule 4 so far as relating to that Act and the Interpretation Act 1978; and

(d)–this section.

(5)Subject to subsection (4) above, this Act extends to England and Wales only.

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P1Power of appointment conferred by s. 34(2) partly exercised: S.I. 1988/425, 1989/382

S. 34(2) power partly exercised (6.3.2001): 1.4.2001 appointed for specified provisions by S.I. 2001/777, art. 2

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