{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-parent-and-child-scotland-act-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-21",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-parent-and-child-scotland-act-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-21.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/1986/9",
  "legislation_title": "Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-parent-and-child-scotland-act-1986",
  "path": "schedule/1/paragraph/21",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "21",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In section 27(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “child” for the words “an illegitimate child” there shall be substituted the words\n“a child whether or not his parents have ever been married to one another\n“. ””",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [
    {
      "type": "repealed",
      "affecting": "asp/2024/2",
      "affecting_title": "Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Act 2024"
    }
  ],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/9/schedule/1/paragraph/21",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:59:31.476928+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."
}