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2(1)Section 1 of the 1953 Act (particulars of births required to be registered) is amended as follows.E+W
(2)In subsection (2), for paragraph (a) substitute—
“(a)the mother of the child;
(aa)the father of the child where—
(i)the child is one whose father and mother were married to[, or civil partners of,] each other at the time of the child's birth, or
(ii)the father is a qualified informant by virtue of subsection (2)(a) of section 10 (registration of father where parents not married or of second female parent ... [or] civil partners) or by virtue of regulations under subsection (6)(b) of section 2E (scientific tests);”.
(3)For subsection (3) substitute—
“(3)In subsection (2)(aa)—
(a)the first reference to the father is, in the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 42 or 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, to be read as a reference to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section;
(b)the reference in sub-paragraph (ii) to the father being a qualified informant by virtue of section 10(2)(a) is, in the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 43 of that Act, to be read as a reference to that parent being a qualified informant by virtue of section 10(2A)(a).”
(4)After subsection (3) insert—
“(4)In this Part, references to a child whose father and mother were, or were not, married to[, or civil partners of,] each other at the time of the child's birth are to be read in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 (which extends the cases in which a person is treated as being a person whose father and mother were married to[, or civil partners of,] each other at the time of the person's birth).”