Part 2 Enactments Relating Only to Scotland
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (2008 c 22) | Legislation

Part 2 Enactments Relating Only to Scotland

Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (c 37)

41

In section 110(1) of the Children and Young Persons (Scotland) Act 1937 (interpretation), in the definition of “parental responsibilitiesâ€â€”

(a)     the words from “a father†to the end become paragraph (a), and

(b)     after that paragraph insert—

“(b)     a second female parent would have as a parent but for the operation of section 3(1)(d) of that Act.â€

Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (c 49)

42

In section 14 of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 (duty to give information of particulars of birth), after subsection (4) insert—

“(4A)     In the case of a child who has a parent by virtue of section 42 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, the references in subsections (1) and (2) to the father of the child are to be read as references to the woman who is a parent by virtue of that section.â€

43

For section 18ZA of the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965 substitute—

“18ZA Registration of father or second female parent by virtue of certain provisions
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