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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1969-commencement-no-1-order-1969/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1969/1140",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Law Reform Act 1969 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1969",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1969-commencement-no-1-order-1969",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "This Order brings certain provisions of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 into force on 1st January 1970, namely:—\nPart I (which provides for the reduction of the age of majority from 21 to 18);\nPart II (which makes provision for the property rights of illegitimate children); and\nPart IV (which includes provisions about the rebuttal of the presumption as to legitimacy and illegitimacy, and the entry of father's names on the registration of birth of illegitimate children).",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1969/1140/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T23:08:59.372702+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."
}