The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018

20.—(1) Article 54(1)(1), (2), (3), (4) and (5) (disclosure of birth records of adopted children) has effect as if—

(a) in paragraph (1)—

(i) after “this Article” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(ii) for “an adopted person” there were substituted “a person who is the subject of a parental order”;

(b) in paragraph (2) for “an adopted person under the age of 18 years” there were substituted “a person who is the subject of a parental order and who is under the age of 18 years”;

(c) in paragraph (3)—

(i) for the word “adoption” in each place it appears there were substituted “parental order”; and

(ii) sub-paragraph (e) were omitted;

(d) in paragraph (4)—

(i) for “an adopted person” there were substituted “a person who is the subject of a parental order”;

(ii) in sub-paragraph (a)(i) after “paragraph (1)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 4 of and Schedule 3 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(iii) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii) for “section 51 of the Adoption Act 1976” there were substituted “section 79 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (as applied with modifications by regulation 2 of and Schedule 1 to the Parental Order Regulations)”; and

(e) in paragraph (5)—

(i) in sub-paragraph (a) the word “and” at the end were omitted; and

(ii) sub-paragraph (b) were omitted.

(1)

Article 54 was amended by section 203 of the Civil Partnerships Act 2004 and paragraph 11 of Schedule 1 to S.I. 2011/1740. Other amendments have been made which are not relevant to this instrument.