The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 20087 is amended as follows.

In section 38(3) (further provision applicable where a person is to be treated as the father of the child by virtue of sections 35 and 36), at the end insert “or civil partnership”.

In section 45(3) (further provision applicable where a woman is treated as a parent of the child by virtue of sections 42 and 43), at the end insert “or civil partnership”.