Paragraph 3

Where, immediately before the commencement of Parts II and III, there was in force—

(a)

a declaration under Article 45(3) of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 1978F1 (declaration by court that party to marriage unfit to have custody of children of family); or

(b)

an order under section 12 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 1885F2 or section 1(4) of the Punishment of Incest Act 1908F3 divesting a person of authority over a girl;

the declaration or, as the case may be, the order shall cease to have effect on the commencement of those Parts.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1: 1978 NI 15
F2: 1885 c. 69
F3: 1908 c. 45