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72(1)Article 7 of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 (acquisition of parental responsibility) is amended as follows.
(2)In paragraph (1)(b), omit “(a “parental responsibility agreement”)”.
(3)After paragraph (1) insert—
“(1ZA)Where a child has a parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and is not a person to whom Article 155(3) applies, that parent shall acquire parental responsibility for the child if—
(a)she becomes registered as a parent of the child;
(b)she and the child’s mother make an agreement providing for her to have parental responsibility for the child; or
(c)the court, on her application, orders that she shall have parental responsibility for the child.
(1ZB)An agreement under paragraph (1)(b) or (1ZA)(b) is known as a “parental responsibility agreement”.”
(4)After paragraph (2) insert—
“(2A)In paragraph (1)(a) “registered” means registered under—
(a)Article 14(3)(a), (b) or (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
(b)paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 10(1) or 10A(1) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; or
(c)paragraph (a), (b)(i) or (c) of section 18(1) of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.
(2B)In paragraph (1ZA)(a) “registered” means registered under—
(a)Article 14ZA(3)(a), (b) or (c) of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976;
(b)paragraph (a), (b) or (c) of section 10(1B) and of section 10A(1B) of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953; or
(c)paragraph (a), (b) or (d) of section 18B(1) of, or sections 18B(3)(a) and 20(1)(a) of, the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.”
(5)In paragraph (3), omit the words from “and “registered”” to the end.
(6)In paragraph (3A), after “paragraph (1)” insert “, (1ZA)”.
(7)In paragraph (4)—
(a)for “the father” substitute “a parent”, and
(b)after “paragraph (1)(c)” insert “or (1ZA)(c)”.
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