SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 6Amendments relating to parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction

Part 3Enactments relating only to Northern Ireland

Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (S.I. 1976/1041 (N.I. 14))

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1

Article 19 of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (re-registration of births of legitimated persons) is amended as follows.

2

In paragraph (3)—

a

after sub-paragraph (a) insert—

aa

the name of a person acknowledging herself to be a parent of the legitimated person by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 has been entered in the register in pursuance of Article 14ZA or 18 of this Order; or

b

after sub-paragraph (b) insert—

ba

the parentage by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 of the legitimated person has been established by a decree of a court of competent jurisdiction; or

3

In paragraph (4), after “marriage” insert “ or the formation of the civil partnership ”.

4

In paragraph (5)—

a

after “marriage” insert “ or civil partnership ”, and

b

after “date of the marriage” insert “ or the formation of the civil partnership ”.