Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006

The Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9)S

6(1)The Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 shall be amended as follows.S

(2)In subsections (1) and (5) of section 7 (actions for declarator), for the words “non-parentage, legitimacy, legitimation or illegitimacy”, in each place where they occur there shall be substituted “ or non-parentage ”.

(3)In section 9 (savings and supplementary provisions)—

(a)in paragraph (b) of subsection (1), at the beginning there shall be inserted “ subject to subsection (1A) below, ”; and

(b)after that subsection, there shall be inserted—

(1A)Subsections (1) and (2) of section 1 of this Act shall apply in relation to adopted children..

Commencement Information

I1Sch. 2 para. 6 in force at 4.5.2006 by S.S.I. 2006/212, art. 2 (with art. 10)