{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-4",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/schedule-1/paragraph-4.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/72",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/4",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "A relationship existing by virtue of paragraph 3 may be referred to as an adoptive relationship, and—\n(a) a male adopter may be referred to as the adoptive father;\n(b) a female adopter may be referred to as the adoptive mother;\n(c) any other relative of any degree under an adoptive relationship may be referred to as an adoptive relative of that degree,\nbut this paragraph does not prevent the term “parent”, or any other term not qualified by the word “adoptive”, being treated as including an adoptive relative.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Sch. 1 repealed (E.W.) by Adoption Act 1976 (c. 36, SIF 49:11) s. 74(2), Sch. 4"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1975/72/schedule/1/paragraph/4",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:35:55.776840+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."
}