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  "legislation": "ukpga/1995/36",
  "legislation_title": "Children (Scotland) Act 1995",
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  "path": "schedule/4/paragraph/38",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "38",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) The Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 shall be amended in accordance with this paragraph.\n(2) In section 1 (legal equality of children), for subsection (3) substitute—\n“(3) Subsection (1) above is subject to subsection (4) below, to section 9(1) of this Act and to section 3(1)(b) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 (parental responsibilities and parental rights of natural father).”.\n(3) In section 6(2) (consent to taking of sample of blood), for the words from “guardian” to “custody or” substitute “ any person having parental responsibilities (within the meaning of section 1(3) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995) in relation to him or having ”.",
  "extent": null,
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      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2025/3",
      "affecting_title": "Judicial Factors (Scotland) Act 2025"
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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