1Legitimation by subsequent marriage [F1or civil partnership] of parents.N.I.
(1)Subject to the provisions of this section, where the parents of an illegitimate person marry or have married one another, whether before or after the commencement of this Act, the marriage shall, if the father of the illegitimate person was or is at the date of the marriage domiciled in Northern Ireland, render that person, if living, legitimate from the commencement of this Act, or from the date of the marriage, whichever last happens.
[F2(1A)Subject to subsection (3), where—
(a)a person (“the child”) has a parent (“the female parent”) by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (treatment provided to woman who agrees that second woman to be parent);
(b)at the time of the child's birth, the female parent and the child's mother are not civil partners of each other;
(c)the female parent and the child's mother subsequently enter into a civil partnership; and
(d)the female parent is at the date of the formation of the civil partnership domiciled in Northern Ireland,
the civil partnership shall render the child, if living, legitimate from the date of the formation of the civil partnership.]
Subs. (2) rep. by 1961 c. 5 (NI)
(3)The legitimation of a person under this Act does not enable him or his spouse, children or remoter issue to take any interest in real or personal property save as is hereinafter in this Act expressly provided.
Subs. (4) rep. by SLR 1976
F1S. 1: words in heading inserted (6.4.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 56, 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 57(2); S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(d)(f) (with art. 7, Sch. 1)
F2S. 1(1A) inserted (6.4.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 56, 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 57(3); S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(d)(f) (with art. 7, Sch. 1)