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8. Section 39(1) shall have effect as follows:–
39.—(1) Without prejudice to section 30(1) of the 1990 Act (which empowers the court to make an order providing for a child to be treated in law as the child of the parties to a marriage), the child who is the subject of the parental order shall be treated in law–
(a)as if he had been born as the child of the parties to that marriage; and
(b)as if he were not the child of any person other than the parties to that marriage, namely the husband and wife.
(2) This section has effect from the date on which the court makes the parental order.
(3) Subject to the provisions of this Part, this section applies for the construction of enactments or instruments passed or made before or after the date of coming into force of the 1994 Regulations unless the context otherwise requires.”.
Section 39(2) was amended by the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9), Schedule 1.
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