# Legitimacy Act 1976, Paragraph 2


(1) The enactments repealed by Part II of Schedule 4 to the Children Act 1975 (which are superseded by section 5 of this Act) shall, notwithstanding those repeals, continue to have effect as respects existing instruments.
In this sub-paragraph “instrument” has the same meaning as in section 5 of this Act.
(2) Subject to paragraph (3)(b) below, nothing in this Act or in the Legitimacy Act 1926 (in so far as the effect of that Act is preserved by sub-paragraph (1) above) shall affect the operation or construction of any disposition coming into operation before 1st January 1927 or affect any rights under the intestacy of a person dying before that date.
(3) Sub-paragraph (2) above shall apply in relation to a person to whom the said Act of 1926 applied by virtue of section 1(1) of the Legitimacy Act 1959 with the substitution for “1st January 1927” of “29th October 1959”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1976/31/schedule/1/paragraph/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/legitimacy-act-1976/schedule-1/paragraph-2
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