The Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994

Regulation 4

SCHEDULE 3REFERENCES IN ENACTMENTS TO BE READ AS REFERENCES TO PARENTAL ORDERS ETC

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1.  Article 37 of the Birth and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976(1)

In article 37(1) the words “article 52(1)(a)” and “article 50” shall be read as though they were followed by the words “as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and paragraph 5(c) of Schedule 2 to the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994.” and the reference to “Adopted Children Register” shall be read as a reference to “Parental Order Register”.

2.  Paragraph 5(a) of Schedule 8 to the Children Act 1989(2)

The reference in sub-paragraph (a) to a person who proposes to adopt a child under arrangements made by an adoption agency within the meaning of the Acts or Order mentioned in that sub-paragraph shall be read as including a reference to a person who proposes to be treated as the parent of a child by virtue of a parental order and the enactments about adoption as applied by these Regulations.

3.  Sections 27(2) and 28(5)(c) of the 1990 Act

The references to a child who is treated by virtue of adoption as not being the child of any person other than the adopter or adopters shall be read as references to a child who is treated by virtue of the making of a parental order as not being the child of any person other than the husband and wife as defined by section 30 of the 1990 Act.
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S.I. 1976/1041 (NI 14). Article 37(1) was amended by paragraph 13 of Schedule 4 to the Adoption (NI) Order 1987 (S.I. 1987/2203) (NI 22).