Legislation – Welfare Reform Act 2009
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- Sch. 4 para. 9(3)(b) repealed by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
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- Sch. 4 para. 9(3)(b) repealed by 2009 c. 24 Sch. 7 Pt. 1
Schedule 6Registration of births
Part 1Amendments of Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953
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(1)
Section 10A of the 1953 Act (Re-registration where parents neither married nor civil partners) is amended as follows.
(2)
In subsection (1)—
(a)
“(ii)
a declaration in the prescribed form which is made by that person, states himself to be the father of the child, and is countersigned by a prescribed person; or”,
(b)
“(ii)
a declaration in the prescribed form which is made by the mother, states that that person is the father of the child, and is countersigned by a prescribed person; or”.
(3)
In subsection (1B)—
(a)
“(ii)
a declaration in the prescribed form which is made by the woman concerned, states herself to be a parent of the child by virtue of section 43 of that Act, and is countersigned by a prescribed person; or”,
(b)
“(ii)
a declaration in the prescribed form which is made by the mother, states that the woman concerned is a parent of the child by virtue of section 43 of that Act, and is countersigned by a prescribed person; or”.
(4)
In subsection (2), omit paragraph (d) (requirement for signature by superintendent registrar where re-registration takes place more than 3 months after the birth) and the word “and” immediately before it.