Explanatory note

These Regulations amend the Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Regulations 1996 by prescribing the form for the agreement between the mother and other parent of a child that the other parent should have parental responsibilities and parental rights in relation to the child. This form is necessary because paragraph 51 of Schedule 6 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 has changed the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 to allow a child’s other parent to acquire parental responsibilities and parental rights by agreement with the child’s mother.