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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-act-1973-repealed-1111996/schedule-2/paragraph-1",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/1973/29",
  "legislation_title": "Guardianship Act 1973 (repealed 1.11.1996)",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/guardianship-act-1973-repealed-1111996",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/1",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "1",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "(1) Section 9 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 is to be amended in accordance with sub-paragraphs (2) to (4) below.\n(2) In section 9(2) there shall be substituted—\n(a) for the words “the mother”, where they first occur, the words “any person (whether or not one of the parents)”; and\n(b) for the words “the father to pay the mother” the words “payment to that person by the parent of either of the parents excluded from having that custody of”; and\n(c) for the words “the father”, where they last occur, the words “that parent”.\n(3) At the end of section 9(3) there shall be added—\n“Provided that, unless the court in making the order directs otherwise, paragraphs (a) and (b) above shall not apply to any provision of the order giving the custody of the minor to a person other than one of the parents or made with respect to a minor of whom custody is so given.”\n(4) In section 9(4) the words “(in the case of an order under subsection (1))” shall be omitted, and at the end of section 9(4) there shall be added the words “or (before or after the death of either parent) on the application of any other person having the custody the minor by virtue of an order under subsection (1) of this section”.",
  "extent": "E+W",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "M",
      "label": "M1",
      "text": "1971 c. 3."
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/29/schedule/2/paragraph/1",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T10:47:17.944238+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."
}