(1)Where a decree of parentage or non-parentage has been granted by any court the clerk of court shall—
(a)where no appeal has been made against such decree, on the expiration of the time within which such an appeal may be made, or
(b)where an appeal has been made against such a decree, on the conclusion of any appellate proceedings,
notify the import of such decree in the prescribed form to the Registrar General.
( 2 )Where it appears to the Registrar General that the import of a decree notified to him under subsection (1) above does not correspond with the entry in the register of births in respect of any person to whom the decree relates he shall cause an appropriate entry to be made in the Register of Corrections Etc.]
Textual Amendments
F1S. 18A inserted by Law Reform (Parent and Child) (Scotland) Act 1986 (c. 9, SIF 49:8), s. 10(1), Sch. 1 para. 8(4)
Modifications etc. (not altering text)
C1S. 18A(2) applied (4.4.2005) by Gender Recognition Act 2004 (c. 7), s. 26, Sch. 3 para. 18; S.I. 2005/54, art. 2