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Family Law Reform Act 1987

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The Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c.46)

20(1)Section 6 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (maintenance for wards of court) shall be amended as follows.

(2)At the end of subsection (1) there shall be added the words "and references (however expressed) 10 any relationship between two persons shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987".

(3)For subsection (3) there shall be substituted the following subsection—

“(3)Section 12 of the [1971 c. 3.] Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (duration of orders for maintenance) and subsections (4), (5) and (6) of section 12C of that Act (variation and revival of orders for periodical payments) shall apply in relation to an order made under subsection (2) of this section as they apply in relation to an order made by the High Court under section 11B of that Act.”

(4)In subsection (5) (which provides that an order under that section shall cease to have effect if the parents of the ward reside together for a period of three months after the making of the order) for the words "three months" there shall be substituted the words "six months",

(5)Subsection (6) (which provides that no order shall be made under that section requiring any person to make any payment towards the maintenance or education of an illegitimate child) shall cease to have effect.

21In section 20(6) of that Act, for the words "blood samples" there shall be substituted the words "bodily samples".

22In section 21 of that Act, for the words "blood sample", in each place where they occur, there shall be substituted the words "bodily sample" and for the words "blood tests" there shall be substituted the words "scientific tests".

23(1)Section 22(1) of that Act shall be amended as follows.

(2)For the words "blood sample", "blood samples" and "blood tests", in each place where they occur, there shall be respectively substituted the words "bodily sample", "bodily samples" and "scientific tests".

(3)After paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(aa)prescribe the bodily samples to be taken;”.

(4)In paragraph (d) after the words "any such illness" there shall be inserted the words "or condition or undergone any such treatment".

(5)After paragraph (i) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—

“(j)make different provision for different cases or for different descriptions of case.”

24In section 23 of that Act—

(a)in subsection (2), for the word "paternity" there shall be substituted the word "parentage"; and

(b)in subsection (3), for the words "blood sample" there shall be substituted the words "bodily sample".

25In section 24 of that Act, for the words "blood sample" there shall be substituted the words "bodily sample".

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