Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
Amendment of section 37 of Act of 1987 | ||
81. Section 37 of the Act of 1987 is amended by— | ||
(a) the deletion of the definitions of “blood samples” and “blood test”, and | ||
(b) the insertion of the following definitions: | ||
“ ‘Act of 2015’ means the Children and Family Relationships Act 2015; | ||
‘bodily sample’ means any of the following taken or to be taken from a person for the purpose of a DNA test: | ||
(a) a swab from the mouth; | ||
(b) a sample of saliva or hair (other than pubic hair); | ||
(c) a blood sample; | ||
‘DNA’ means deoxyribonucleic acid; | ||
‘DNA test’ means any test carried out under this Part with the object of examining and analysing a bodily sample in order to derive, in relation to the person from whom the sample is taken, information comprising a set of identification characteristics of that person’s DNA; | ||
‘DAHR procedure’ has the same meaning as in section 20 of the Act of 2015; | ||
‘donor-conceived child’ has the same meaning as in Part 2 of the Act of 2015; | ||
‘parent’ means— | ||
(a) in relation to a person who is not a donor-conceived child, his or her mother or father, and | ||
(b) in relation to a donor-conceived child, a person who— | ||
(i) provided a gamete that was used in the DAHR procedure that resulted in the child’s birth, and | ||
(ii) is the mother of the child or is a parent of the child under section 5 (1)(b) of the Act of 2015;”. |