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Paragraph 14 Fatal Accidents Act 1976

Original text. Later amendments are not shown.

In section 1(5) of the Fatal Accidents Act 1976f1 (right of action for wrongful act causing death), for paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b)

an illegitimate person shall be treated as—

(i)

the legitimate child of his mother and reputed father, or

(ii)

in the case of a person who has a female parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the legitimate child of his mother and that female parent.”.

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Footnotes

f1

1976 c. 30; section 1 was substituted by the Administration of Justice Act 1982 (c. 53), section 3; subsection (5) was subsequently amended by the 2004 Act (c. 33), section 83(1) and (6). There are other amendments to section 1 not relevant to this Order.