The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 No. 1458

PART 4 Parenthood

Registration of birth of children of civil partners

19.—(1) Schedule 6 to the Welfare Reform Act 2009(1) (which makes amendments in relation to the registration of births that are not yet in force) is amended as follows.

(2) In paragraph 2(2)—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), in the substituted paragraph (aa)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (i), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (ii), omit “where parents not married”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4), in the inserted subsection (4), after “married to”, in both places it occurs, insert “, or civil partners of,”.

(3) In paragraph 3—

(a) in sub-paragraph (2), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (4), after “married” insert “or civil partners”.

(4) In paragraph 4—

(a) in the inserted section 2A—

(i) in the heading, after “married” insert “or civil partners”;

(ii) in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(b) in the inserted section 2B—

(i) in the heading, for “unmarried mother” substitute “mother not married or a civil partner”;

(ii) in subsection (1), after “married” insert “or civil partners”;

(c) in the inserted section 2D—

(i) in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(ii) in subsection (3), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

(5) In paragraph 10, in sub-paragraph (2), in the inserted subsection (3A), for “unmarried mother” substitute “mother not married or a civil partner”.

(6) In paragraph 11—

(a) in sub-paragraph (1)—

(i) omit “where parents not married”;

(ii) after “parents not” (in the remaining place it occurs) insert “married or”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (2)(a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

(7) In paragraph 13—

(a) in the inserted section 10B, in subsection (2)(a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(b) in the inserted section 10C, in subsection (2)(a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

(8) In paragraph 19, in the inserted subsection (1A), for “unmarried mother” substitute “mother not married or a civil partner”.

(1)

2009 c. 24.

(2)

Schedule 6, paragraph 2 was amended by S.I. 2014/560.