{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-1985/section-28",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-1985/section-28.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1985/37",
  "legislation_title": "Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-law-scotland-act-1985",
  "path": "section/28",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "28",
  "heading": "Amendments, repeals and savings.",
  "text": "(1) The enactments specified in Schedule 1 to this Act shall have effect subject to the amendments set out therein.\n(2) The enactments specified in columns 1 and 2 of Schedule 2 to this Act are repealed to the extent specified in column 3 of that Schedule.\n(3) Nothing in subsection (2) above shall affect the operation of section 5 (orders for financial provision) of the Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976 in relation to an action for divorce brought before the commencement of this Act; but in the continued operation of that section the powers of the court—\n(a) to make an order for payment of periodical allowance under subsection (2) thereof; and\n(b) to vary such an order under subsection (4) thereof,\nshall include power to make such an order for a definite or an indefinite period or until the happening of a specified event.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1976 c. 39."
    },
    {
      "type": "E",
      "label": "E1",
      "text": "Sch. 1: so much of s. 28 and Sch. 1 as affects the operation of 1950 c. 37 and 1972 c. 18 extends to England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland, see s. 29(4)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1985/37/section/28",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:00:15.003147+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."
}