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Part IIE+W Rights and Duties of Parents etc.

Parental rights and duties: generalE+W

2 Construction of enactments relating to parental rights and duties.E+W

(1)In the following enactments, namely—

F1(a). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

(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). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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 ”.

Textual Amendments

F1S. 2(1)(a) repealed (6.4.2009 except in relation to local authorities in W. except in relation to local authorities in W., 6.4.2009 for W.) by Health and Social Care Act 2008 (c. 14), s. 170(3)(4), Sch. 15 Pt. 5 (with Sch. 13); S.I. 2009/462, art. 4(c); S.I. 2009/631, art. 2(c); S.I. 2009/462, art. 4(c); S.I. 2009/631, art. 2(c)

Marginal Citations