{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-23",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/schedule-2/paragraph-23.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1987/42",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law Reform Act 1987",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/23",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "23",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 22(1) of that Act shall be amended as follows.\n(2) For the words “blood sample”, “blood samples” and “blood tests”, in each place where they occur, there shall be respectively substituted the words “ bodily sample ”, “ bodily samples ” and “ scientific tests ”.\n(3) After paragraph (a) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(aa) prescribe the bodily samples to be taken;”.\n(4) In paragraph (d) after the words “any such illness” there shall be inserted the words “ or condition or undergone any such treatment ”.\n(5) After paragraph (i) there shall be inserted the following paragraph—\n“(j) make different provision for different cases or for different descriptions of case.”",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/42/schedule/2/paragraph/23",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:51:29.189443+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."
}