Paragraph 77 Special Guardianship (Wales) Regulations 2005

(1)

In the Schedule to the Special Guardianship (Wales) Regulations 2005^f1, in paragraph 3—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (ba)—

(i)

after “married to” insert “, or civil partners of,”;

(ii)

after “subsequently married” insert “or formed a civil partnership”;

(iii)

omit “and whether they have divorced or separated”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—

“(bb)
whether—

(i)
if the child’s parents have been married as mentioned in sub-paragraph (ba), they are divorced or separated; or

(ii)
if the child’s parents have been civil partners as so mentioned, the partnership has been dissolved or they are separated;”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (d), after “married” insert “or civil partners”.

(2)

In the Welsh language text of those Regulations, in the Schedule, in paragraph 3—

(a)

in sub-paragraph (ba)—

(i)

after “â’i gilydd” insert “, neu’n bartneriaid sifil i’w gilydd,”;

(ii)

after “briodasant” insert “neu a ffurfiasant bartneriaeth sifil”;

(iii)

omit “ac a ydynt wedi ysgaru neu wedi gwahanu”;

(b)

after sub-paragraph (ba) insert—

“(bb)
a yw—

(i)
rhieni’r plentyn wedi ysgaru neu wedi gwahanu, os ydynt wedi bod yn briod fel y crybwyllwyd yn is-baragraff (ba); neu

(ii)
os yw rhieni’r plentyn wedi bod yn bartneriaid sifil fel y crybwyllwyd, a yw’r bartneriaeth wedi ei diddymu neu a ydynt wedi gwahanu;”;

(c)

in sub-paragraph (ch), after “briod” insert “nac yn bartneriaid sifil”.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: S.I. 2005/1513 (W.117), relevant amendments were made by S.I. 2014/3061 and 2018/573.