Regulation 13 Legitimacy of children of civil partners

(1)

The Family Law Reform Act 1987^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 1^f2—

(a)

in subsection (2), in paragraphs (a) and (b), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(b)

after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)
Subsection (4B) applies to a person—

(a)
who was born before the date on which the Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 came into force;

(b)
whose parents formed a civil partnership before that date; and

(c)
who does not fall within subsection (3)(ba) or (bb).

(4B)
A reference falling within subsection (2)(a) or (b) above does not include or (as the case may be) exclude the person by virtue of that civil partnership.”;

(c)

omit subsections (5) to (8).

(3)

In section 18, in subsection (2), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

(4)

In section 21, in subsection (1)(a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1987 c. 42.
f2: Section 1 was amended by the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), Schedule 3, paragraph 51; the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Schedule 6, paragraph 24; and S.I. 2014/560.