{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-parental-orders-regulations-2018/schedule-2/paragraph-15",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2018/9780111174715",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-parental-orders-regulations-2018",
  "path": "schedule/2/paragraph/15",
  "kind": "paragraph",
  "number": "15",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "Section 55(1) to (5) (connections between the register and birth records) has effect as if—\n(a) in subsection (1)—\n(i) after “schedule 1” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;\n(ii) for “marked “Adopted”” there were substituted “marked “Parental Order””; and\n(iii) for “Adopted Children Register” there were substituted “Parental Order Register”;\n(b) in subsection (2) after “subsection (1)” there were inserted “(as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;\n(c) in subsection (3) for “subsection (4)” there were substituted “subsections (4) and (5) (as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations)”;\n(d) in subsection (4)—\n(i) in paragraph (a) after “sheriff,” there were inserted “or”;\n(ii) for paragraph (b) there were substituted—\n(iii) “(b) to a person who is the subject of a parental order who is aged 16 or over and to whom the information relates (“the person”).”;\n(iv) paragraph (c) were omitted; and\n(e) for subsection (5) there were substituted—\n“(5) Before the Registrar General discloses information to the person in accordance with subsection (4)(b) (as applied with modifications by regulation 3 of and Schedule 2 to the Parental Order Regulations) the person must—\n(a) be informed about the availability of any services providing counselling in relation to the implications of compliance with the request; and\n(b) be given a suitable opportunity to receive counselling.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2018/9780111174715/schedule/2/paragraph/15",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:03:24.148891+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}