Part II Rights and Duties of Parents etc.

Parental rights and duties: general

2 Construction of enactments relating to parental rights and duties.

(1)

In the following enactments, namely—

F1(a)

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(b)

section 6 of the Family Law Reform Act M11969;

(c)

the Guardianship of Minors Act M21971 (in this Act referred to as “the 1971 Act”);

(d)

Part I of the Guardianship Act 1973 (in this Act referred to as “the 1973 Act”);

(e)

Part II of the Children Act 1975;

(f)

the Child Care Act 1980 except Part I and sections 13, 24, 64 and 65;

F2(g)

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references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons shall be construed in accordance with section 1 above.

(2)

In subsection (7) of section 1 of the 1973 Act (equality of parental rights) for the words from “or be taken” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ and nothing in subsection (1) above shall be taken as applying in relation to a child whose father and mother were not married to each other at the time of his birth ”.