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Welfare Reform Bill

87A: Schedule 6, 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) Subsection (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 subsection (1B). (1D) A statutory instrument containing regulations made under subsection (1C) shall be subject to annulment in pursuance of a resolution of either House of Parliament."