Appointed days2

1

28th November 2003 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

a

section 2(7) and (8) (basic definitions) for the purposes of paragraph 3 of Schedule 4;

b

paragraphs 105, 106 and 110 in so far as that paragraph relates to the Adoption Act 19763, and paragraph 103 (amendments to the Care Standards Act 2000) of Schedule 3 and section 139(1) in so far as they relate to those paragraphs;

c

paragraph 118 (meaning of family proceedings) of Schedule 3, and section 139(1) in so far as it relates to that paragraph;

d

section 139(3) and Schedule 5 in so far as they relate to the repeal of section 12(5)(b) and the preceding “and” of the Criminal Justice and Court Services Act 20004.

2

1st December 2003 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

a

section 111 (parental responsibility of unmarried father);

b

paragraphs 6 and 7 of Schedule 3 and section 139(1) in so far as it relates to those paragraphs (amendments to the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953);

c

for the purposes of making regulations, paragraph 5 of Schedule 4 (independent review mechanism) and section 139(2) in so far as it relates to that paragraph.

3

30th January 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of section 119 (advocacy services) of the Act, for the purposes of making regulations.

4

1st April 2004 is the appointed day for the coming into force of the following provisions of the Act—

a

paragraph 5 of Schedule 4, and section 139(2) in so far as it relates to that paragraph, in so far as it is not already in force;

b

section 119 in so far as it is not already in force.