6(1)Sections 10 and 10A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (registration of father, and re-registration, where parents not married) shall be amended as follows.E+W
(2)In sections 10(1) and 10A(1) for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—
“(d)at the request of the mother or that person on production of—
(i)a copy of a parental responsibility agreement made between them in relation to the child; and
(ii)a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the agreement was made in compliance with section 4 of the Children Act 1989 and has not been brought to an end by an order of a court; or
(e)at the request of the mother or that person on production of—
(i)a certified copy of an order under section 4 of the Children Act 1989 giving that person parental responsibility for the child; and
(ii)a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the order has not been brought to an end by an order of a court; or
(f)at the request of the mother or that person on production of—
(i)a certified copy of an order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 which requires that person to make any financial provision for the child and which is not an order falling within paragraph 4(3) of that Schedule; and
(ii)a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the order has not been discharged by an order of a court; or
(g)at the request of the mother or that person on production of—
(i)a certified copy of any of the orders which are mentioned in subsection (1A) of this section which has been made in relation to the child; and
(ii)a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the order has not been brought to an end or discharged by an order of a court.”
(3)After sections 10(1) and 10A(1) there shall be inserted—
“(1A)The orders are—
(a)an order under section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 that that person shall have all the parental rights and duties with respect to the child;
(b)an order that that person shall have custody or care and control or legal custody of the child made under section 9 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 at a time when such an order could only be made in favour of a parent;
(c)an order under section 9 or 11B of that Act which requires that person to make any financial provision in relation to the child;
(d)an order under section 4 of the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957 naming that person as putative father of the child.”
(4)In section 10(2) for the words “or (d)" there shall be substituted “ to (g)" ”.
(5)In section 10(3) for the words from “ “relevant order"" to the end there shall be substituted
““parental responsibility agreement” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989”.
(6)In section 10A(2) in paragraphs (b) and (c) for the words “paragraph (d)" in both places where they occur there shall be substituted “ any of paragraphs (d) to (g)" ”.
Commencement Information
I1Sch. 12 para. 6 wholly in force at 14.10.1991 see s. 108(2)(3) and S.I. 1991/828, art. 3(2)