Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
Amendment of Maternity Protection Act 1994 | ||
176. The Maternity Protection Act 1994 is amended— | ||
(a) in section 2— | ||
(i) in subsection (1), by the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘Act of 2015’ means the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; | ||
‘expectant father’ shall be construed in accordance with subsection (1A) (inserted by section 176 of the Act of 2015); | ||
‘other parent’ means a person (other than the mother) who is, under section 5 of the Act of 2015, a parent of a child;”, | ||
and | ||
(ii) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (1): | ||
“(1A) In this Act, a reference to an expectant father includes a person who has given his or her consent in accordance with section 11 of the Act of 2015 to a DAHR procedure (within the meaning of section 4 of that Act) where that procedure results in a pregnancy.”, | ||
(b) in section 16— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “father or other parent, as the case may be,” for “father” in each place it occurs, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (6), by the substitution of “the father’s or the other parent’s” for “the father’s”, | ||
(c) in section 16A— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “father or other parent” for “father” in each place it occurs, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “the father’s sickness or the other parent’s sickness” for “the father’s sickness”, | ||
(d) in section 16B— | ||
(i) by the substitution of “father or other parent” for “father” in each place it occurs, and | ||
(ii) in subsection (10), by the substitution of “the father’s leave or the other parent’s leave” for “a father’s leave”, | ||
(e) in section 21, by the substitution of “father or other parent” for “father” in each place it occurs, and | ||
(f) in section 31, by the substitution in subsection (1)(a)(iii) of “father or other parent” for “father”. |