Family Law Reform Act 1987

11 Where—

(a) a child whose parents were not married to each other at the time of his birth has been born in England and Wales before the date on which section 24 of this Act comes into force;

(b) the birth has not been registered under the 1953 Act before that date; and

(c) an order has been made under section 4 of the [1957 c. 55.] Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957 naming any person as the putative father of the child,

the mother of the child, on production of a certified copy of the order, may request the registrar to enter the name of that person as the father of the child under section 10 of the 1953 Act as if the order made under the said section 4 were an order under section 11B of the 1971 Act.