Regulation 17 Registration of birth of children of civil partners

(1)

The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953^f1 is amended as follows.

(2)

In section 10^f2—

(a)

in the heading, omit “where parents not married”, in the first place it occurs;

(b)

in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(c)

in subsection (2), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(d)

in subsection (3), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

(3)

In section 10A^f3, in subsection (1), in the words before paragraph (a), after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”.

Annotations

f1: 1953 c. 20.
f2: Section 10 was substituted by the Family Law Reform Act 1987, section 24; relevant amendments were made by the Children Act 1989, Schedule 12, paragraph 6(4); the Adoption and Children Act 2002, Schedule 3, paragraph 6(c); the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), Schedule 1, paragraph 2; the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Schedule 6, paragraph 5(2); and S.I. 2014/560.
f3: Section 10A was substituted by the Family Law Reform Act 1987, section 25; subsection (1) was amended by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Schedule 6, paragraph 7.