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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-care-act-1980-repealed-14101991/section-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1980/5",
  "legislation_title": "Child Care Act 1980 (repealed 14.10.1991)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/child-care-act-1980-repealed-14101991",
  "path": "section/4",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": "Effect of resolution under s. 3.",
  "text": "(1) While a resolution passed under subsection (1)(b), (c) or (d) of section 3 of this Act is in force with respect to a child, section 2(3) of this Act shall not apply in relation to the person who, but for the resolution, would have the parental rights and duties in relation to the child.\n(2) A resolution under section 3 of this Act shall not relieve any person from any liability to maintain, or contribute to the maintenance of, the child.\n(3) A resolution under section 3 of this Act shall not authorise a local authority to cause a child to be brought up in any religious creed other than that in which he would have been brought up but for the resolution.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1980/5/section/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:16:53.335208+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}