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<blockquote><tt>(2) For the purposes of an instrument or enactment that refers to a person, described in terms of his or her relationship to another person by birth, blood or marriage, the reference must be read as a reference to, and read to include, a person who comes within the description because of the relationship of parent and child as determined under this Part.</tt></blockquote>
You'll see that this rule is broken down into smaller rules. Those are called '''subsections'''. If someone was talking about the last part of section 23, they would say "section 23, subsection 2" or "section 23 sub 2." In writing, you would say "section 23(2)." (Just as ''chapter'' is abbreviated as '''c.''', ''section'' is abbreviated as '''s.''' If we are talking about more than one section, ''sections'' is abbreviated as '''ss.'''. ''Subsection'' is abbreviated as '''s-s.''')
Long statutes like the ''Family Law Act'' sometimes have their subject matter broken into big chunks called '''parts'''. In the ''Family Law Act'', Part 3 is titled "Parentage" and has all of the rules about deciding who the parents of a child are. Part 4 is titled "Care of and Time with Children" and has all the rules about parenting children. Long parts are sometimes broken into smaller chunks called '''divisions'''. Part 4 of the ''Family Law Act'' includes Division 2: Parenting Arrangements and Division 3: Guardianship. Part 4, Division 2 has all of the rules about parental responsibilities, parenting time and contact, while Part 4, Division 3 has all the rules about appointing and removing people as the guardians of a child.