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For section 10 of the M1Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (in this Act referred to as “the 1953 Act”) there shall be substituted the following section—
(1)Notwithstanding anything in the foregoing provisions of this Act, in the case of a child whose father and mother were not married to each other at the time of his birth, no person shall as father of the child be required to give information concerning the birth of the child, and the registrar shall not enter in the register the name of any person as father of the child except—
(a)at the joint request of the mother and the person stating himself to be the father of the child (in which case that person shall sign the register together with the mother; or
(b)at the request of the mother on production of—
(i)a declaration in the prescribed form made by the mother stating that that person is the father of the child; and
(ii)a statutory declaration made by that person stating himself to be the father of the child; or
(c)at the request of that person on production of—
(i)a declaration in the prescribed form by that person stating himself to be the father of the child; and
(ii)a statutory declaration made by the mother stating that that person is the father of the child; or
(d)at the request of the mother or that person (which shall in either case be made in writing) on production of—
(i)a certified copy of a relevant order; and
(ii)if the child has attained the age of sixteen, the written consent of the child to the registration of that person as his father.
(2)Where, in the case of a child whose father and mother were not married to each other at the time of his birth, a person stating himself to be the father of the child makes a request to the registrar in accordance with paragraph (c) or (d) of subsection (1) of this section—
(a)he shall be treated as a qualified informant concerning the birth of the child for the purposes of this Act; and
(b)the giving of information concerning the birth of the child by that person and the signing of the register by him in the presence of the register shall act as a discharge of any duty of any other qualified informant under section 2 of this Act.
(3)In this section and section 10A of this Act references to a child whose father and mother were not married to each other at the time of his birth shall be construed in accordance with section 1 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 and “relevant order”, in relation to a request under subsection (1)(d) that the name of any person be entered in the register as father of a child, means any of the following orders, namely—
(a)an order under section 4 of the said Act of 1987 which gives that person all the parental rights and duties with respect to the child;
(b)an order under section 9 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 which gives that person any parental right with respect to the child; and
(c)an order under section 11B of that Act which requires that person to make any financial provision for the child.”
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