# Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, Paragraph 12


At the end of section 5 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Special Provisions) Act 1957 (registration of births of legitimated persons in the service departments registers) insert—
“(3) In relation to a person who has a parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008—
(a) any reference to the person's father is a reference to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section,
(b) the reference in subsection (1) to the subsequent marriage of the person's parents is a reference to their subsequent formation of a civil partnership, and
(c) the reference in that subsection to paternity is a reference to parentage by virtue of section 43 of that Act.”

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/schedule/6/paragraph/12 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008/schedule-6/paragraph-12
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