Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Amendment of section 18 of Principal Act

108. Section 18 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) in subsection (1), by the substitution of “the father or second female parent, as the case may be,” for “the father”,

(b) in subsection (2), by the substitution of “the father or second female parent, as the case may be,” for “the father”,

(c) in subsection (3), by the substitution of “the father or second female parent, as the case may be, indicating that he or she” for “the father indicating that he”, and

(d) in subsection (4) —

(i) by the substitution of “the father or second female parent, as the case may be,” for “the father” in each place it occurs, and

(ii) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (b):

“(b) the circumstances of the conception of the child, other than where the child is a donor-conceived child,”.