http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/schedule/6/paragraph/42/2009-04-06Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008An Act to amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 and the Surrogacy Arrangements Act 1985; to make provision about the persons who in certain circumstances are to be treated in law as the parents of a child; and for connected purposes.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2022-04-222009-04-06 SCHEDULESSCHEDULE 6Amendments relating to parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction Part 2 Enactments relating only to Scotland<Emphasis>Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c. 49)</Emphasis>42In section 14 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (duty to give information of particulars of birth), after subsection (4) insert—4AIn the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 42 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the father of the child are to be read as references to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section.Sch. 6 para. 42 wholly in force at 1.9.2009; Sch. 6 para. 42 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 68; Sch. 6 para. 42 in force for certain purposes at 6.4.2009 and at 1.9.2009 otherwise by S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(e){(2)} (with Sch.) (as amended (1.9.2009) by S.I. 2009/2232, art. 3)
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