SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 8TRANSITIONALS AND SAVINGS

CUSTODY ORDERS, ETC.

Cessation of declarations of unfitness, etc.

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Where, immediately before the commencement of Parts II and III, there was in force—

a

a declaration under Article 45(3) of the Matrimonial Causes (Northern Ireland) Order 197886 (declaration by court that party to marriage unfit to have custody of children of family); or

b

an order under section 12 of the Criminal Law Amendment Act 188587 or section 1(4) of the Punishment of Incest Act 190888 divesting a person of authority over a girl;

the declaration or, as the case may be, the order shall cease to have effect on the commencement of those Parts.