SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 12Minor Amendments

The Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (c. 20)

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1

Sections 10 and 10A of the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 (registration of father, and re-registration, where parents not married) shall be amended as follows.

2

In sections 10(1) and 10A(1) for paragraph (d) there shall be substituted—

d

at the request of the mother or that person on production of—

i

a copy of a parental responsibility agreement made between them in relation to the child; and

ii

a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the agreement was made in compliance with section 4 of the Children Act 1989 and has not been brought to an end by an order of a court; or

e

at the request of the mother or that person on production of—

i

a certified copy of an order under section 4 of the Children Act 1989 giving that person parental responsibility for the child; and

ii

a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the order has not been brought to an end by an order of a court; or

f

at the request of the mother or that person on production of—

i

a certified copy of an order under paragraph 1 of Schedule 1 to the Children Act 1989 which requires that person to make any financial provision for the child and which is not an order falling within paragraph 4(3) of that Schedule; and

ii

a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the order has not been discharged by an order of a court; or

g

at the request of the mother or that person on production of—

i

a certified copy of any of the orders which are mentioned in subsection (1A) of this section which has been made in relation to the child; and

ii

a declaration in the prescribed form by the person making the request stating that the order has not been brought to an end or discharged by an order of a court.

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After sections 10(1) and 10A(1) there shall be inserted—

1A

The orders are—

a

an order under section 4 of the Family Law Reform Act 1987 that that person shall have all the parental rights and duties with respect to the child;

b

an order that that person shall have custody or care and control or legal custody of the child made under section 9 of the Guardianship of Minors Act 1971 at a time when such an order could only be made in favour of a parent;

c

an order under section 9 or 11B of that Act which requires that person to make any financial provision in relation to the child;

d

an order under section 4 of the Affiliation Proceedings Act 1957 naming that person as putative father of the child.

4

In section 10(2) for the words “or (d)” there shall be substituted “to (g)”.

5

In section 10(3) for the words from ““relevant order”” to the end there shall be substituted

“parental responsibility agreement” has the same meaning as in the Children Act 1989

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In section 10A(2) in paragraphs (b) and (c) for the words “paragraph (d)” in both places where they occur there shall be substituted “any of paragraphs (d) to (g)”.