SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Amendments relating to parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction

Part 1General

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 (c. 58)

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1

Section 3A of the Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 (alternative procedure for certain corrections) is amended as follows.

2

In subsection (1) for the words from “the father” to the end substitute

—

a

the father of the person to whose birth or death the entry relates, or

b

a parent of that person (having been so registered on the basis of being such a parent by virtue of 42, 43 or 46(1) or (2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008).

3

In subsection (3), after “not the father” insert “ or, as the case may be, that the person shown as a parent was not such a parent by virtue of 42, 43 or 46(1) or (2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 ”.

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At the end of section 5 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 (registration of births of legitimated persons in the service departments registers) insert—

3

In relation to a person who has a parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008—

a

any reference to the person's father is a reference to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section,

b

the reference in subsection (1) to the subsequent marriage of the person's parents is a reference to their subsequent formation of a civil partnership, and

c

the reference in that subsection to paternity is a reference to parentage by virtue of section 43 of that Act.