SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Amendments relating to parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction
Part 3Enactments relating only to Northern Ireland
Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (S.I. 1995/755 (N.I. 2))
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1
Article 7 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (acquisition of parental responsibility) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)(b), omit “(a “parental responsibility agreement”)”.
3
After paragraph (1) insert—
1ZA
Where a child has a parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and is not a person to whom Article 155(3) applies, that parent shall acquire parental responsibility for the child if—
a
she becomes registered as a parent of the child;
b
she and the child's mother make an agreement providing for her to have parental responsibility for the child; or
c
the court, on her application, orders that she shall have parental responsibility for the child.
1ZB
An agreement under paragraph (1)(b) or (1ZA)(b) is known as a “parental responsibility agreement”.
4
After paragraph (2) insert—
2A
In paragraph (1)(a) “registered” means registered under—
a
Article 14(3)(a), (b) or (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
b
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 10(1) or 10A(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; or
c
paragraph (a), (b)(i) or (c) of section 18(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.
2B
In paragraph (1ZA)(a) “registered” means registered under—
a
Article 14ZA(3)(a), (b) or (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
b
paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 10(1B) and of section 10A(1B) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; or
c
paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 18B(1) of, or sections 18B(3)(a) and 20(1)(a) of, the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.
5
In paragraph (3), omit the words from “and “registered”” to the end.
6
In paragraph (3A), after “paragraph (1)” insert “
, (1ZA)
”
.
7
In paragraph (4)—
a
for “the father” substitute “
a parent
”
, and
b
after “paragraph (1)(c)” insert “
or (1ZA)(c)
”
.