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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Article 18 of the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 (re-registration of births) is amended as follows.
2
In paragraph (1)—
a
in sub-paragraph (b), after “child” insert “
who has a father and
”
,
b
after sub-paragraph (b) insert—
ba
in the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 and to whom Article 155(3) of the Children (Northern Ireland) Order 1995 does not apply—
i
the birth was registered as if Article 155(3) of that Order did apply to the child; or
ii
no particulars relating to a parent of the child by virtue of section 42, 43 or 46(1) or (2) of that Act have been entered in the register; or
c
for sub-paragraph (c) substitute—
c
in the case of a person who is to be treated—
i
as the father of the child by virtue of section 39(1) or 40(1) or (2) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008; or
ii
as a parent of the child by virtue of section 46(1) or (2) of that Act;
the condition in Article 14A(2) is satisfied.
3
At the end of paragraph (1A) insert “
and re-registration under sub-paragraph (ba)(ii) shall not be authorised otherwise than in accordance with Article 14ZA(3)
”
.