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title: "Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972"
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# Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972

## Title and introductory text {#prelims}

Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972
1972 c. 49
An Act to amend the law relating to proceedings for an affiliation order or for the variation, revocation or revival of such an order, and for connected purposes.
[27th July 1972]

## 1 Powers of court on hearing complaint for affiliation order and on appeal. {#section-1}

(1)—(3) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(4) The following enactments are hereby repealed:—
(a), (b) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(c) in section 30(3) of the Maintenance Orders (Reciprocal Enforcement) Act 1972, paragraph (b) and the word “and” immediately preceding it.

## 2 Time for application for summons. {#section-2}

(1) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
(2) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

## 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . {#section-3}



## 4 Short title, extent and commencement. {#section-4}

(1) This Act may be cited as the Affiliation Proceedings (Amendment) Act 1972.
(2) This Act shall not extend to Scotland or . . . to Northern Ireland.
(3) This Act shall come into force at the expiration of the period of three months beginning with the day on which it is passed.