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- Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2010/875 reg. 16 Sch. 2 (This amendment not applied to legislation.gov.uk. These Regulations never came into effect, having been revoked before coming into force by S.I. 2010/1906, reg. 2)
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- s. 3(3A)(ba) inserted by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 6 para. 25
- s. 4B inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 28(2)
- s. 6(1A)-(1D) inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 1(2)(b)
- s. 10(1A) inserted by 2024 asp 2 Sch. 1 para. 18(b)
- s. 11(14) inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 10(2)(b)
- s. 11B 11C inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 8(2)
- s. 11B(2) power to amend conferred by 2020 asp 16 s. 32
- s. 11D inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 17(2)
- s. 11D(3) power to amend conferred by 2020 asp 16 s. 32
- s. 11E inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 18(2)
- s. 11F inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 20(2)
- s. 11G inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 22(2)
- s. 11ZA 11ZB inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 1(4)
- s. 11ZA(2A) inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 30(2)
- s. 11ZA(3)(f) inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 16(2)
- s. 16(1A) inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 30(3)
- s. 16(2)-(2B) substituted for s. 16(2) by 2020 asp 16 s. 1(6)
- s. 100A inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 21(2)
- s. 101D inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 11(2)
- s. 101E inserted by 2020 asp 16 s. 12(2)
4 Acquisition of parental rights and responsibilities by natural father.S
(1)Where a child’s mother has not been deprived of some or all of the parental responsibilities and parental rights in relation to him and, by virtue of subsection (1)(b) of section 3 of this Act, his father has no parental responsibilities or parental rights in relation to him, the father and mother, whatever age they may be, may by agreement provide that, as from the appropriate date, the father shall have the parental responsibilities and parental rights which (in the absence of any order under section 11 of this Act affecting those responsibilities and rights) he would have if married to the mother.
(2)No agreement under subsection (1) above shall have effect unless—
(a)in a form prescribed by the Secretary of State; and
(b)registered in the Books of Council and Session while the mother still has the parental responsibilities and parental rights which she had when the agreement was made.
(3)The date on which such registration as is mentioned in subsection (2)(b) above takes place shall be the “appropriate date” for the purposes of subsection (1) above.
(4)An agreement which has effect by virtue of subsection (2) above shall, subject only to section 11(11) of this Act, be irrevocable.
Commencement Information
I1S. 4 wholly in force at 1.4.1997; s. 4 not in force at Royal Assent see s. 105(1); s. 4 in force for certain purposes at 1.9.1996 by S.I. 1996/2203, art. 3(1) (with arts. 4-7) (as amended (19.1.1997) by S.I. 1997/137, art. 2); s. 4 in force at 1.4.1997 insofar as not already in force by S.I. 1996/3201, art. 3(7) (with arts. 4-6) (as amended (7.3.1997) by S.I. 1997/744, arts. 2, 3)
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