Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

92.

Amendment of section 2 of Act of 2004

92. Section 2(1) of the Act of 2004 is amended—

(a) by the insertion of the following definitions:

“ ‘Act of 2015’ means the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015;

‘donor-conceived child’ has the same meaning as it has in Part 2 of the Act of 2015;

‘parent’, in relation to a donor-conceived child, means the parent or parents of that child under section 5 of the Act of 2015;”,

and

(b) in the definition of “the required particulars”, by—

(i) the substitution of the following for paragraphs (a) and (b):

“(a) in relation to a birth or a living new born child found abandoned, the particulars specified in Part 1 of the First Schedule in relation to the child, the mother of the child and, as applicable, the father or other parent of the child;

(b) in relation to a stillbirth the particulars specified in Part 2 of the First Schedule in relation to the child, the mother of the child and, as applicable, the father or other parent of the child;”,

and

(ii) the substitution of the following for paragraph (e):

“(e) in relation to a death, the particulars specified in Part 5 of the First Schedule in relation to the deceased and, as applicable, the mother, father, parent and guardian of the deceased;”.