The Schedule to the Act contains a number of minor amendments to the 1976 Order and the 2012 Regulations to enable both parents in same-sex female couples who are not married to or in a civil partnership with each other to register the birth of a child by attending separately at the registration office. It will also enable the second female parent to register a still-birth on her own with the mother being able to re-register the still-birth if she does not agree with the information entered by the second female parent.
Paragraph 2 of the Schedule contain amendments to Article 14ZA of the 1976 Order to enable the means for and the signing of the registration to be prescribed in the 2012 Regulations. Paragraph 3 inserts paragraph (iii) into Article 18(1)(ba) of the 1976 Order which will enable a mother in a same-sex female relationship to re-register a still-birth that has been registered by the second female parent where the mother does not agree with the information relating to the second female parent.
Paragraphs 4 to 6 of the Schedule amend Regulations 12 and 13 of the 2012 Regulations to enable a same-sex female couple, who are not married to or in a civil partnership with each other to attend separately at the registration office to register the birth of their child.
Schedule: Other amendments relating to the registration of births and still-births