# The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019, Regulation 16: Parental status of civil partners in cases of assisted reproduction


(1) The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 is amended as follows.
(2) In section 35—
(a) in the heading, after “married to” insert “, or civil partner of,”;
(b) in subsection (1)—
(i) in paragraph (a), after “marriage with a man” insert “or a civil partnership with a man”;
(ii) in paragraph (b) and in the words after that paragraph, after “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.
(3) In section 38(2)—
(a) after “common law” insert “or section A1(2) of the Legitimacy Act 1976”;
(b) after “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.
(4) In section 40—
(a) in the heading, for “husband etc” substitute “male spouse, civil partner or intended parent”;
(b) in subsection (1)—
(i) in paragraph (b), after “marriage with a man” insert “or a civil partnership with a man”;
(ii) in paragraphs (c), (d) and (e), after “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.
(5) In section 42(1), after “a civil partnership” insert “with another woman”.
(6) In section 45(2)—
(a) after “common law” insert “or section A1(2) of the Legitimacy Act 1976”;
(b) after “marriage” insert “or civil partnership”.
(7) In section 46—
(a) in the heading, for “civil partner or wife or intended female parent” substitute “female spouse, civil partner or intended parent”;
(b) in subsection (1)(b), for “or marriage with another woman” substitute “with a woman or a marriage with a woman”.
(8) In section 48(6)(b), after “party to a” insert “marriage or”.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2019/9780111190784/regulation/16 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-civil-partnership-opposite-sex-couples-regulations-2019/regulation-16
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