Paragraph 43

In section 20 of that Act for subsection (2) there shall be substituted the following subsections—

“(2)

In this Act, unless the context otherwise requires—

• “actual custody”, as respects a child, means the actual possession of the person of the child;

• “child”, except where used to express a relationship, means a person who has not attained the age of eighteen;

• “legal custody” shall be construed in accordance with Part IV of the Children Act 1975;

• “maintenance” includes education.

(2A)

In this Act—

(a)

references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons; and

(b)

references to the father and mother of a child not being married to each other at the time of his birth,

shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987.”