Avizandum Statutes on Scots Family Law

Jane Mair is Professor of Private Law at the University of Glasgow.

• Editor’s PrefacePart I Statutes Matrimonial Proceedings (Children) Act 1958, ss 11, 15–18Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965, ss 13, 14, 18–18B, 20, 43Abortion Act 1967, s 1Social Work (Scotland) Act 1968, ss 5, 6A, 6B, 12–12AZA, 13ZA–13B, 59, 78–83ADomicile and Matrimonial Proceedings Act 1973, ss 1, 7, 8, 8A, 10–12Divorce (Scotland) Act 1976, ss 1–4, 10–14Marriage (Scotland) Act 1977Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978, Part IV (ss 38–44)Matrimonial Homes (Family Protection) (Scotland) Act 1981Administration of Justice Act 1982, ss 7–10, 13Law Reform (Husband and Wife) (Scotland) Act 1984, ss 1–7Child Abduction Act 1984, s 6Matrimonial and Family Proceedings Act 1984, ss 28–30Family Law (Scotland) Act 1985Child Abduction and Custody Act 1985Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986, ss 1, 5–9Family Law Act 1986, ss 8–18, 26Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, ss 1, 2, 31–32, 33A–35Law Reform (Miscellaneous Provisions) (Scotland) Act 1990, s 70Child Support Act 1991, ss 1–5, 7–10, 42–45, 54, 55Age of Legal Capacity (Scotland) Act 1991Civil Evidence (Family Mediation) (Scotland) Act 1995Children (Scotland) Act 1995, ss 1–18, 20–23A, 25–33, 36, 38, 75–80, 91, 93, 99, 101, 101C, 103, 105Criminal Law (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 1995, ss 1, 2, 7, 10–12APrivate International Law (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 1995, s 7Protection from Harassment Act 1997, ss 8–9Protection from Abuse (Scotland) Act 2001Commissioner for Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2003Vulnerable Witnesses (Scotland) Act 2004, Part 2 (ss 11–22A)Antisocial Behaviour etc (Scotland) Act 2004, Part 9 (ss 102–117)Gender Recognition Act 2004, ss 1–29, Sch 3 Pt 2Civil Partnership Act 2004, Part 1 (s 1), Part 3 (ss 85 -136), Part 5 (ss 225 -227), Part 6 (ss 246, 247), Part 7 (ss 249, 253), Part 8 (ss 258 -264), Schs 10 -11Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006, ss 3, 4, 14, 22, 25–29, 38–46Adoption and Children (Scotland) Act 2007Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Part 2 (ss 33–58)Children’s Hearings (Scotland) Act 2011Damages (Scotland) Act 2011, ss 3, 4, 6–8, 14Forced Marriage etc (Protection and Jurisdiction) (Scotland) Act 2011Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014, ss 4, 5, 7, 9–11, 16, 28 (3), 30, Part 6 (ss 34–37)Children and Young People (Scotland) Act 2014, Pt 1 (ss 1–18), Pt 9 (ss 56–65), Pt 12 (ss 68–70), Pt 13 (ss 71–74), Pt 18 (ss 97–103), Sch 4Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2020, ss 3–5, 14–17Children (Scotland) Act 2020, ss 23–24, 32–35United Nations Convention on the Rights of the Child (Incorporation) (Scotland) Act 2024, ss 1–10, 13–21, 23–31, 33–48, Schs 1–3Part II International Conventions European Convention on Human Rights, arts 6, 8, 12, 14Index of Materials