Part 3 Enactments Relating Only to Northern Ireland
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (2008 c 22) | Legislation

Part 3 Enactments Relating Only to Northern Ireland

Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1928 (c 5 (NI))

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(1)     Section 1 of the Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1928 (legitimation by subsequent marriage of parents) is amended as follows.

(2)     In the heading, after “marriage†insert “or civil partnershipâ€.

(3)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     Subject to subsection (3), where—

(a)     a person (“the childâ€) has a parent (“the female parentâ€) 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 not civil partners of each other;

(c)     the female parent and the child's mother subsequently enter into a civil partnership; and

(d)     the female parent is at the date of the formation of the civil partnership domiciled in Northern Ireland,

the civil partnership shall render the child, if living, legitimate from the date of the formation of the civil partnership.â€

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(1)     Section 8 of the Legitimacy Act (Northern Ireland) 1928 (provisions as to persons legitimated by extraneous law) is amended as follows.

(2)     After subsection (1) insert—

“(1A)     Where—

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