# Family Law Reform Act 1987, Section 2: Construction of enactments relating to parental rights and duties.

Extent: E+W

(1) In the following enactments, namely—
(a) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(b) section 6 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969;
(c) the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 (in this Act referred to as “the 1971 Act”);
(d) Part I of the Guardianship Act 1973 (in this Act referred to as “the 1973 Act”);
(e) Part II of the Children Act 1975;
(f) the Child Care Act 1980 except Part I and sections 13, 24, 64 and 65;
(g) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
references (however expressed) to any relationship between two persons shall be construed in accordance with section 1 above.
(2) In subsection (7) of section 1 of the 1973 Act (equality of parental rights) for the words from “or be taken” to the end there shall be substituted the words “ and nothing in subsection (1) above shall be taken as applying in relation to a child whose father and mother were not married to each other at the time of his birth ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1987/42/section/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-reform-act-1987/section-2
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