Commentary on Sections Part 2:  Parenthood in Cases Involving Assisted Reproduction Legitimacy Act 1976
203.Paragraph 16 insets new section 2A in the Legitimacy Act 1976 and paragraphs 17 to 19 amend sections 3,9 and 10 of that Act. The effect of the amendments is to enable women who enter into a civil partnership, and who have had children together previously by assisted conception, to legitimise those children as from the date of the formation of the civil partnership.