Amendments to the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 197113

In Form 1—

a

in Part 1, for “suffering from a mental disorder within the meaning of the Mental Health Act 1959 and is incapable of understanding the nature and purpose of scientific tests” substitute “a protected party”;

b

in Part III, omit “,being a person who has attained the age of twelve months”;

c

in Part IV, for “suffering from mental disability” substitute “a protected party”;

d

in Parts V and VI, for “suffering from a mental disability”, wherever it occurs, substitute “a protected party”; and

e

in Part IX, for “recorded delivery” substitute “recorded signed for delivery/international signed for delivery”.