Welfare Reform Bill
AMENDMENT
TO BE MOVED
ON REPORT
[Supplementary to the Revised Marshalled List]
| | BARONESS THOMAS OF WINCHESTER |
| | LORD KIRKWOOD OF KIRKHOPE |
| Page 95, line 23 at end insert— |
| "(1A) | The father of the child does not automatically acquire parental responsibility by virtue of his name being registered on the birth certificate under section (1)(a) if, following a declaration by him to the registrar under this section or section 10B, the mother makes a legal declaration in a prescribed form to the registrar explaining that she has reasons to fear for her safety, or that of her child if the father acquired parental responsibility. |
| (1B) | Section (1A) applies only if the mother's declaration is supported by an approved professional, to be defined in regulation. |
| (1C) | The Secretary of State must, by regulations made by statutory instrument, define an "approved professional" for the purposes of section (1B). |
| (1D) | A statutory instrument containing regulations made under section (1C) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament." |
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