Care of Children Act 2004

159 Other references to custody and access under 1968 Act

• Unless the context otherwise requires, every reference in any document whatsoever (other than in this Act or in an enactment specified in Schedule 4)—

  • (a) to “custody of” a child under the Guardianship Act 1968 is, after this Act comes into force, to be read as a reference to “the role of providing day-to-day care for” the child under this Act; and

  • (b) to “access to” a child under an order under the Guardianship Act 1968 is, after this Act comes into force, to be read as a reference to “contact with” the child under an order under this Act.