Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Amendment of section 43 of Principal Act

120. Section 43 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1) —

(i) by the insertion of the following paragraph after paragraph (d):

“(da) the second female parent of the child or a woman who believes herself to be the second female parent of the child;”,

and

(ii) in paragraph (e), by the substitution of “any guardian” for “the guardian”,

and

(b) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (5):

“(6) In this section, ‘guardian’ includes any guardian of a child who stands appointed under the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 .”.