Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Amendment of section 30 of Principal Act

112. Section 30 of the Principal Act is amended—

(a) by the substitution of the following subsection for subsection (1):

“(1) In this section—

‘father’, in relation to a child, includes a person who believes himself to be the father of the child;

‘second female parent’, in relation to a child, includes a woman who believes herself to be the second female parent of the child.”,

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

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

(d) by the insertion of the following subsection after subsection (3):

“(3A) Where the Authority is satisfied under subsection (2) of section 18A of the matters referred to in paragraphs (a) and (b) of that subsection, it may make the adoption order.”,

and

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