# The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 2008, Regulation 13: Amendments to the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 1971


In Form 1—
(a) in Part 1, for “suffering from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959 and is incapable of understanding the nature and purpose of scientific tests” substitute “a protected party”;
(b) in Part III, omit “,being a person who has attained the age of twelve months”;
(c) in Part IV, for “suffering from mental disability” substitute “a protected party”;
(d) in Parts V and VI, for “suffering from a mental disability”, wherever it occurs, substitute “a protected party”; and
(e) in Part IX, for “recorded delivery” substitute “recorded signed for delivery/international signed for delivery”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2008/972/regulation/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/blood-tests-evidence-of-paternity-amendment-regulations-2008/regulation-13
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