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Statutory Instrument 2001 No. 777 (C. 29)The Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001(The document as of February, 2008) STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS2001 No. 777 (C. 29)FAMILY LAW, ENGLAND AND WALESThe Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001
The Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred on him by section 34(2) of the Family Law Reform Act 1987[1], hereby makes the following Order: 1.This Order may be cited as the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 3) Order 2001. 2.Section 23 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987, section 33 of that Act, insofar as it relates to the amendments set out in paragraphs 21 to 25 of Schedule 2 to that Act, and these paragraphs shall come into force on 1st April 2001. Irvine of Lairg, C. Dated 6th March 2001 (This note is not part of the Order) This Order brings into force on 1st April 2001 section 23 of, and paragraphs 21 to 25 of Schedule 2 to, the Family Law Reform Act 1987. These provisions amend Part III of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 (c. 46) (tests for determining parentage), by making it possible for samples to be taken of bodily tissue and bodily fluid other than blood and for scientific tests to be used to establish whether a person is the mother of the person whose parentage falls to be determined, as well as whether a person is the father. The only provision of the 1987 Act which has not been brought into force is section 32. (Section 9 was repealed without coming into force.) (This note is not part of the Order) The following provisions of the Act were brought into force on 4th April 1988 by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 1) Order 1988 (S.I. 1988/425):
The following provisions of the Act were brought into force on 1st April 1989 by the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (Commencement No. 2) Order 1989 (S.I. 1989/382):
Notes: [1] 1987 c. 42.back ISBN 0 11 028921 8 -- Back --
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