An Act to amend the law relating to the adoption of children; and for related purposes.
[16th December 1949]
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1Short title given by s. 16(1) of this Act
(1)For the purposes of this Act, the expression “relative”, in relation to an infant, means a grandparent, brother, sister, uncle or aunt, whether of the full blood, of the half-blood or by affinity, and includes—
(a) . . . F2
(b)where the infant is illegitimate, the father of the infant and any person who would be a relative of the infant within the meaning of this definition if the infant were the legitimate child of its mother and father.
(2)The definition contained in the last foregoing subsection shall be substituted for the definition of “relative” in the following enactments, that is to say subsection (2) of section thirteen of the M1Nurseries and Child-Minders Regulation Act, 1948. . . . F3
Textual Amendments
F2S. 13(1)(a) repealed by Children Act 1975 (c. 72), Sch. 4 Pt. I
F3S. 13(2)- residue repealed by Adoption Act 1950 (c. 26), Sch. 4, Children Act 1958 (c. 65), Sch. 3 and (1.4.1981) Child Care Act 1980 (c. 5), Sch. 6
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C2The text of s. 13(2) is in the form in which it was originally enacted: it was not reproduced in Statutes in Force and, except as specified, does not reflect any amendments or repeals which may have been made prior to 1.2.1991.
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