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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975/schedule-4/part-I",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1975/72",
  "legislation_title": "Children Act 1975",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/children-act-1975",
  "path": "schedule/4/part/I",
  "kind": "part",
  "number": "I",
  "heading": "Status of Adopted Child",
  "text": "Chapter\nShort Title\nExtent of Repeal\n16 & 17 Geo. 5. c. 29\nAdoption of Children Act 1926.\nThe whole Act so far as unrepealed\n3 & 4 Geo. 6. c. 42.\nLaw Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1940.\nSection 2(1) and (3).\n11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 43.\nChildren Act 1948.\nIn section 59(1), in the definition of “parent”, paragraph (a).\n11 & 12 Geo. 6. c. 53.\nNurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act 1948.\nIn section 13(2), in the definition of “relative” (as inserted by section 13 of the Adoption of Children Act 1949), paragraph (a).\n12 & 13 Geo. 6. c. 76.\nMarriage Act 1949.\nIn section 68(3), the words from “includes” to “but”.\n12, 13 & 14 Geo. 6. c. 98.\nAdoption of Children Act 1949.\nSection 13(1)(a).\n14 & 15 Geo. 6. c. 11.\nAdministration of Justice(Pensions) Act 1950.\nSection 26(2).\n1 & 2 Eliz. 2. c. 20.\nBirths and Deaths Registration Act 1953.\nIn section 41, in the definition of “relative” the words from “and in relation to” to the end.\n3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 18.\nArmy Act 1955.\nIn section 150(5), in the paragraph relating to a child of a person, the words “or adopted” and the words from “and in this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph.\n3 & 4 Eliz. 2. c. 19.\nAir Force Act 1955.\nIn section 15(5), in the paragraph relating to a child of a person, the words “or adopted” and the words from “and in this paragraph” to the end of the paragraph.\n4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 69.\nSexual Offences Act 1956.\nIn section 28(4), in paragraph (a) the words from “has been adopted” to “a girl who” and the words “(and has not been so adopted)”.\n4 & 5 Eliz. 2. c. 70.\nMarriage (Scotland) Act 1956.\nIn section 1(5), paragraph (a) and the words “or adoptive parent” in paragraph (b).\n6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 65.\nChildren Act 1958.\nIn section 17, the definition of “parent”.\n6 & 7 Eliz. 2. c. 40.\nMatrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958.\nIn section 7(1)(b), the words “or an adopted”.\nSection 7(3).\n7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 5.\nAdoption Act 1958.\nSections 13 and 14.\nSection 15(1), (2) and (3).\nSections 16 and 17.\nSection 18(1).\nSection 25.\nIn section 52(1) the words “(whether in law or in fact)”.\nIn section 57(1), in the definition of “relative” paragraph (a).\nSection 58(2) and (3).\nIn Schedule 5, paragraphs 1 to 4.\n7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 65.\nFatal Accidents Act 1959.\nIn section 1, subsection (2)(a) and subsection (3).\n7 & 8 Eliz. 2. c. 72.\nMental Health Act 1959.\nIn section 49, in subsection (2) the words from “an adopted person” to “as aforesaid”, and subsection (5).\n8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 48.\nMatrimonial Proceedings (Magistrates Courts) Act 1960.\nIn section 16(1), the words “or adopted” and “but does not include a child adopted by some other person or persons”, and the words from “and ’adopted’” to the end.\n8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 59.\nAdoption Act 1960.\nSection 1(2).\n8 & 9 Eliz. 2. c. 61.\nMental Health (Scotland) Act 1960.\nIn section 45, in subsection (2) the words from “adopted person” to “person; and”; and subsection (5).\n1964 c. 57.\nAdoption Act 1964.\nSection 1(1), (2) and (4).\n1965 c. 49.\nRegistration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.\nIn section 56(1), in the definition of “relative” the words from “and in relation to” to the end.\n1965 c. 53.\nFamily Allowances Act 1965.\nSection 17(4).\n1967 c. 29.\nHousing Subsidies Act 1967.\nIn section 24(3)(c), the word “adopted”.\n1967 c. 81.\nCompanies Act 1967.\nIn section 30(2), the words “and adopted son” and “and adopted daughter”.\nIn section 31(5), the words “and adopted son” and “and adopted daughter”.\n1967 c. 88.\nLeasehold Reform Act 1967.\nIn section 7(7), the words “and any adopted son or daughter”.\nIn section 18(3), the words “and any adopted son or daughter”.\n1968 c. 49.\nSocial Work (Scotland) Act 1968.\nIn section 94(1), in the definition of “parent”, paragraph (a).\n1968 c. 53.\nAdoption Act 1968.\nSection 4(1) and (2).\nSection 10(2) and (3).\n1968 c. 71.\nRace Relations Act 1968.\nIn section 7(4) the words “and any adopted son or daughter”.\n1971 c. 56.\nPensions (Increase) Act 1971.\nIn section 3(7), the words from “and includes” to the end.\n1973 c. 16.\nEducation Act 1973.\nIn section 3(5), the words from “and a child” to the end.\n1973 c. 18.\nMatrimonial Causes Act 1973.\nIn section 52(1), the definition of “adopted” and, in the definition of “child”, the words “or adopted”.\n1973 c. 45.\nDomicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973.\nIn section 4(5), the words from “and in its application” to the end.\n1975 c. 14.\nSocial Security Act 1975.\nIn section 32(3)(c), the words “the same relationship by adoption and to include also”.\nIn section 71(6), the words “and a parent by adoption”.\nIn section 161(2), the words “a son or daughter by adoption and”.\nIn Schedule 20, in the definition of “relative” the words “or adoption”.\n1975 c. 61.\nChild Benefit Act 1975.\nSection 24(3)(c).\nThe repeals of sections 16 and 17 of the 1958 Act, and of provisions containing references to those sections, have effect subject to paragraph 5(2) of Schedule 1, and the other repeals in this Part have effect as respect things done, or events occurring, after 31st December 1975.",
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