The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1990

Made27th February 1990

Laid before Parliament7th March 1990

Coming into force1st April 1990

In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 22 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969 1, I hereby make the following Regulations:

1.

These Regulations may be cited as the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1990 and shall come into force on 1st April 1990.

2.

In these Regulations, “the 1971 Regulations” means the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 1971 2.

3.

Regulation 12 of the 1971 Regulations shall be amended by the omission of paragraph (2) (which provides for the setting of the maximum charge which may be made by a tester).

4.

Schedule 2 to the 1971 Regulations shall be amended by omitting —

(a)

in the heading, the words “AND TESTERS”; and

(b)

Part II Testers.

David Waddington

One of Her Majesty’s Principal Secretaries of State Home Office

27th February 1990

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations abolish the maximum charge which may be made by blood testers in respect of blood tests carried out for the purpose of determining paternity in civil proceedings under the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 1971.

Regulation 3 removes paragraph (2) of regulation 12 of the 1971 Regulations which made provision for the maximum charge which could be made by a tester. (The charges which may be made by samplers remain unchanged.) Regulation 4 amends Schedule 2 to the 1971 Regulations accordingly.

By virtue of regulation 1, these Regulations come into force on 1st April 1990.