Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Amendment of section 41 of Act of 1987

85. Section 41 of the Act of 1987 is amended in subsection (2) —

(a) in paragraph (a), by the substitution of “bodily samples” for “blood samples”,

(b) in paragraph (b), by the substitution of “bodily sample” for “blood sample”, and

(c) by the substitution of the following paragraph for paragraph (c):

“(c) require any person from whom a bodily sample that is a blood sample is to be taken or, in such cases as may be prescribed by the regulations, such other person as may be so prescribed, to state in writing whether he had during such period as may be specified in the regulations—

(i) suffered from any such illness as may be so specified, or

(ii) received a transfusion of blood or such other medical treatment as may be so specified;”.