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The Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001

S.I. 2001/777 · Made 6 March 2001

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FAMILY LAW, ENGLAND AND WALES

Made 6th March 2001

The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 34(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1987f1, hereby makes the following Order:

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Footnotes

f1

1987 c. 42.

Contents

  1. 1Article 1
  2. 2Article 2
  3. Signature
  4. Explanatory note

1

This Order may be cited as the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001.

2

Section 23 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987, section 33 of that Act, insofar as it relates to the amendments set out in paragraphs 21 to 25 of Schedule 2 to that Act, and these paragraphs shall come into force on 1st April 2001.

Signature

Irvine of Lairg, C.

Dated 6th March 2001

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order brings into force on 1st April 2001 section 23 of, and paragraphs 21 to 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Family Law Reform Act 1987. These provisions amend Part III of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46) (tests for determining parentage), by making it possible for samples to be taken of bodily tissue and bodily fluid other than blood and for scientific tests to be used to establish whether a person is the mother of the person whose parentage falls to be determined, as well as whether a person is the father. The only provision of the 1987 Act which has not been brought into force is section 32. (Section 9 was repealed without coming into force.)