The Principal Act is amended -

(a) in section 2 -

(i) in subsection (1) -

(I) by the deletion of the definition of "affected person",

(II) in the definition of "child", by the deletion of paragraph (c), and

(III) by the deletion of the definitions of "social father", "social mother" and "social parent",

(ii) by the deletion of subsection (1C),

(iii) in subsection (4), by the substitution of "Subject to section 2A, for the purposes of this Act" for "Subject to subsection (10), for the purposes of this Act", and

(iv) by the deletion of subsection (10),

(b) by the insertion of the following section after section 2:

"2A. Provisions relating to affected persons

(1) In this section -

‘Act of 1965’ means the Succession Act 1965;

‘affected person’ shall be construed in accordance with section 4B(11) of the Act of 1965;