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Introduction

Introductory Text

CONTENTS |

Part I—
- 1—32. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
Part II—Custody
Part III—Care
Part IV—Further Amendments of Law of England and Wales
- Explanation of concepts
- 85 Parental rights and duties.
- 86 Legal custody.
- 87 Actual custody.
- 88 Child in care of voluntary organisation.
- 89. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Reports in guardianship and matrimonial proceedings
- 90 Procedure in guardianship proceedings.
- 91. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- Registration of births
- 92 Registration of births of abandoned children.
- 93 Registration of father of illegitimate child.
- Extent of Part IV
- 94 Extent of Part IV.
Part V—Miscellaneous and Supplemental
SCHEDULE 1—Status conferred by adoption or legitimation in England and Wales
- Part I—Interpretation
  - 1(1) This Part applies for the construction of this Schedule,...
  - Dispositions of property
  - 2(1) In this Schedule— “ disposition ” includes the conferring...
- Part II—Adoption Orders
  - Status conferred by adaption
  - 3(1) An adopted child shall be treated in law—
  - Vocabulary
  - 4A relationship existing by virtue of paragraph 3 may be...
  - Instruments and enactments concerning property
  - 5(1) Paragraph 3— (a) does not apply to an existing...
  - 6(1) Subject to any contrary indication, the rules of construction...
  - Other enactments and instruments
  - 7(1) Paragraph 3 does not apply for the purposes of...
  - Pensions
  - 8Paragraph 3(2) does not affect entitlement to a pension which...
  - Adoption of child by natural parents
  - 9In the case of a child adopted by one of...
  - Peerages, etc.
  - 10An adoption does not affect the descent of any peerage...
  - Insurance
  - 11Where a child is adopted whose natural parent has effected...
- Part III—
  - 12, 13. . . . . . . . . ....
- Part IV—Supplemental
  - Dispositions depending on date of birth
  - 14(1) Where a disposition depends on the date of birth...
  - Protection of trustees and personal representatives
  - 15(1) A trustee or personal representative is not under a...
  - Property devolving with peerages, etc.
  - 16(1) This Schedule shall not affect the devolution of any...
  - Entails
  - 17It is hereby declared that references in this Schedule to...
- Part V—Extent
  - 18This Schedule does not apply to Scotland.
SCHEDULE 2—Status conferred in Scotland by adoption
- General
- 1. . . . . . . . . ....
- Pensions
- 2. . . . . . . . . ....
- Insurance
- 3. . . . . . . . . ....
- Social Security
- 4. . . . . . . . . ....
- Succession of Property
- 5(1) . . . . . . . . ....
- Adoption and Legitimation
- 6(1) . . . . . . . . ....
- Interpretation
- 7. . . . . . . . . ....
SCHEDULE 3—Minor and Consequential Amendments.
- Children and Young Persons Act 1933 (23 and 24 Geo. 5 c. 12)
- 1In section 1(1)(b), for the words “one hundred pounds” there...
- Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (c. 37)
- 2In section 12(1)(b) for the words “twenty-five pounds” there is...
- 3. . . . . . . . . ....
- 4—6. . . . . . . . . ....
- Marriage Act 1949 (c. 76)
- 7In section 3(1), after the words “shall be required” there...
- 8In Part I of Schedule 1— (a) after “Mother” there...
- 9In Schedule 2 in paragraph 2(b) after the words “deceased...
- Maintenance Orders Act 1950 (c. 37)
- 10In section 15, after the words “Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement)...
- 11In section 16(2)(a), after sub-paragraph (v) there are inserted the...
- 12. . . . . . . . . ....
- Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20)
- 13(1) For “living new-born child” in each place where it...
- Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957 (c. 55)
- 14In section 5(2) there is inserted at the end the...
- 15. . . . . . . . . ....
- Children Act 1958 (6 & 7 Eliz. 2 c. 65)
- 16In section 2, as it applies in England and Wales,—...
- 17. . . . . . . . . ....
- 18—20. . . . . . . . . ....
- 21—40. . . . . . . . . ....
- County Courts Act 1959 (c. 22)
- 41In section 109(2) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph...
- Children and Young Persons Act 1963 (c. 37)
- 42In section 49(1), for the words “twenty pounds” there are...
- Perpetuities and Accumulations Act 1964 (c. 55)
- 43In section 4, the following subsection is inserted at the...
- 44, 45. . . . . . . . . ....
- Health Services and Public Health Act 1968 (c. 46)
- 46For section 64(3)(a) there is substituted— (a) “the relevant enactments”...
- 47For section 65(3)(b) there is substituted— (b) “the relevant enactments”...
- Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968 (c. 49)
- 48In section 2(2) (functions of the social work committee), the...
- 49For section 5(2) there is substituted— (2) The Secretary of...
- 50In section 6(1)(b), after sub-paragraph (ii) there is inserted the...
- 51In section 10— (a) in subsection (1), for the words...
- 52. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 53. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 54. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 55. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 56. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 57. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
- 58In section 69— (a) in subsection (1), at the end...
- 59In section 70, at the end there are added the...
- 60In section 7, for the words “one hundred pounds” there...
- 61, 62. . . . . . . . . ....
- 63. . . . . . . . . ....
- 64, 65. . . . . . . . . ....
- 66. . . . . . . . . ....
- Children and Young Persons Act 1969 (c. 54)
- 67In section 1(2) the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph...
- 68The following section is inserted after section 11— Local authority...
- 69In section 21— (a) the following subsection is inserted after...
- 70The following section is inserted after section 21— Termination of...
- 71In section 27— (a) in subsection (3), for the words...
- 72In section 58(1), the following paragraph is inserted after paragraph...
- Administration of justice Act 1970 (c. 31)
- 73(1) In Schedule 1— (a) after “Appellate Business” there is...
- Local Authority Social Services Act 1970 (c. 42)
- 74In Schedule 1— (a) . . . . . ....
- Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (c. 3)
- 75(1) In section 9— (a) in subsection (2) for “any...
- Attachment of Earnings Act 1971 (c. 32)
- 76In Schedule 1— (a) in paragraph 6, after the words...
- 77. . . . . . . . . ....
- Matrimonial Causes Act 1973 (c. 18)
- 78In section 44(1), for the words “custody of any person”...
- 79In section 50(1), at the end of paragraph (e) there...
- Guardianship Act 1973 (c. 29)
- 80(1) In section 4(3) for the words from “the following...
- 81In section 6(1), for “section 9 of the Guardianship of...
- 82. . . . . . . . . ....
- 83. . . . . . . . . ....
SCHEDULE 4—Further Repeals

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1975 c. 72

An Act to make further provision for children.

[12th November 1975]

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