The Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006

Made: 11th May 2006

Laid before the Scottish Parliament: 12th May 2006

Coming into force: 3rd June 2006

The Scottish Ministers, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 4(2) and section 103(2) of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995[^f00001] and of all other powers enabling them in that behalf, hereby make the following Regulations:

Citation and commencement

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These Regulations may be cited as the Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Amendment Regulations 2006 and shall come into force on 3rd June 2006.

Amendment of the Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Regulations 1996

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For the Schedule to the Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Regulations 1996[^f00002] substitute the Schedule to these Regulations.

SCHEDULE

Signed

HUGH HENRY — Authorised to sign by the Scottish Ministers — 11th May 2006

Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Regulations)

These Regulations amend the Parental Responsibilities and Parental Rights Agreement (Scotland) Regulations 1996 to update references in the Schedule to the law in relation to fathers who automatically obtain parental responsibilities and rights in terms of section 3 of the Children (Scotland) Act 1995 as amended by section 23 of the Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1995 c. 36. The functions of the Secretary of State were transferred to the Scottish Ministers by virtue of section 53 of the Scotland Act 1998 (c. 46). Section 103(2) contains a definition of “prescribed” relevant to the exercise of the statutory powers under which these Regulations are made.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1996/2549.