Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Registrar may take and receive statutory declaration under Guardianship of Infants Act 1964

97. The Act of 2004 is amended by the insertion of the following section after section 27:

27A. For the purposes of section 1 (1)(d) of the Statutory Declarations Act 1938 , a registrar may, during the period of 14 days immediately following the date on which the birth of a child is registered or re-registered, take and receive a statutory declaration made under section 2 (4)(e) or 6B(4)(c) of the Guardianship of Infants Act 1964 in respect of the child.”.