Civil Registration Act 2019

Amendment of section 22 of Act of 2004

4. (1) Section 22 (amended by section 6 of the Act of 2014) of the Act of 2004 is amended—

(a) in subsection (3), by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) a statutory declaration of the mother, that she has been living apart from the person who is, or any person who formerly was, her husband during the period of 10 months ending immediately before the birth of the child and that a decree or deed referred to in paragraph (b) has not been granted by a court or entered into, and in that case the declaration shall exhibit information, particulars and evidence relied on by the mother to establish the date that she has been living apart from the person who is or was her husband during the period of 10 months ending immediately before the birth of the child.”,

(b) by the deletion of subsections (3A) and (3B), and

(c) in subsection (3C), by the substitution of “Where a statutory declaration under subsection (3)(c) is produced, the registrar, having considered the declaration shall” for “The registrar, if satisfied having made all reasonable efforts under subsection (3A) that no contact can be made with the husband, and, having considered the statutory declaration of the mother under subsection (3)(c)”.

(2) This section shall come into operation on the day on which section 6(1) of the Act of 2014 is commenced.