Registration of birth of children of civil partners
17.—(1) The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953(1) is amended as follows.
(2) In section 10(2)—
(a)in the heading, omit “where parents not married”, in the first place it occurs;
(b)in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;
(c)in subsection (2), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;
(d)in subsection (3), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.
(3) In section 10A(3), in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.
Section 10 was substituted by the Family Law Reform Act 1987, section 24; relevant amendments were made by the Children Act 1989, Schedule 12, paragraph 6(4); the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Schedule 3, paragraph 6(c); the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), Schedule 1, paragraph 2; the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Schedule 6, paragraph 5(2); and S.I. 2014/560.
Section 10A was substituted by the Family Law Reform Act 1987, section 25; subsection (1) was amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Schedule 6, paragraph 7.