Legitimation by subsequent marriage or civil partnership of parents
2A
Subject to the following provisions of this Act, where—
a
a person (“the child”) has a parent (“the female parent”) by virtue of section 43 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (treatment provided to woman who agrees that second woman to be parent),
b
at the time of the child's birth, the female parent and the child's mother are
neither married nor
civil partners of each other,
c
the female parent and the child's mother subsequently
marry or
enter into a civil partnership, and
d
the female parent is at the date of
the marriage or
the formation of the civil partnership domiciled in England and Wales,
the marriage or
the civil partnership shall render the child, if living, legitimate from the date of
the marriage or
the formation of the civil partnership.
S. 2A inserted (6.4.2009 for specified purposes and 1.9.2009 in so far as not already in force) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 6 para. 16; S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(e)(2) (with art. 7, Sch.)
Words in s. 2A heading inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)(a)
Words in s. 2A inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)(e)(i)
Words in s. 2A inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)(e)(ii)
Words in s. 2A(b) substituted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)(b)
Words in s. 2A(c) inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)(c)
Words in s. 2A(d) inserted (13.3.2014) by The Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (Consequential and Contrary Provisions and Scotland) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/560), art. 1(2), Sch. 1 para. 15(4)(d)