# Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986, Paragraph 9

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(1) In section 16(11) (assumption of parental rights by local authority), for paragraph (c) there shall be substituted—
“(c) a tutor or curator to the child is appointed under the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986; or”.
(2) In section 18(4) (duration and recission of resolutions under section 16), for the words from “section” to “1925” there shall be substituted the words “ the Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 ” . . .
(3) In section 81(2) (decrees for aliment)—
(a) for the words from the beginning to “in force” there shall be substituted the words “ Where a decree for aliment of a maintainable child is in force ”,
(b) for the word “father” there shall be substituted the words “ person liable under the decree ”, and
(c) the words “for aliment” where those words second occur shall be omitted.
(4) In section 81(4)(b), for the words “father of a child” there shall be substituted the words “ person liable to pay aliment for a child under a decree ”, and for the words “the father” where those words second occur there shall be substituted the words “ that person ”.
(5) In section 88(3) (duty of parents to notify change of address), for the word “father” there shall be substituted the word “ person ”.
(6) In section 94(1) (interpretation), in the definition of “guardian”, . . . for the word “charge” there shall be substituted the words “ custody or charge ”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1986/9/schedule/1/paragraph/9 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/law-reform-parent-and-child-scotland-act-1986/schedule-1/paragraph-9
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