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"1.-(1) .... a parent has in relation to his child the responsibility - (a) to safeguard and promote the child's health, development and welfare ...; and (d) to act as the child's legal representative, but only in so far as compliance with this section is practicable and in the interests of the child.
(4) The parental responsibilities supersede any analogous duties imposed on a parent at common law....
2.-(1) .... a parent, in order to enable him to fulfil his parental responsibilities in relation to his child, has the right - ... (d) to act as the child's legal representative ...
(5) The parental rights supersede any analogous rights enjoyed by a parent at common law ....
13.-(1) Where in any court proceedings a sum of money becomes payable to, or for the benefit of, a child under the age of sixteen years, the court may make such an order relating to the payment and management of the sum for the benefit of the child as it thinks fit.
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