Statutory Instrument 1989 No. 776
The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1989
(The document as of February, 2008)
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STATUTORY INSTRUMENTS
1989 No. 776
EVIDENCE
The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1989
| Laid before Parliament | 10th May 1989 |
| Coming into force | 1st June 1989 |
In exercise of the powers conferred upon me by section 22 of the Family Law Reform Act 1969[1], I hereby make the following Regulations:
1. These Regulations may be cited as the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1989 and shall come into force on 1st June 1989.
2. In these Regulations, "the 1971 Regulations" means the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) Regulations 1971[2].
3. For regulation 12 of the 1971 Regulations there shall be substituted the following regulation- "12.—(1) The charges that may be made by samplers shall be those specified in the first two columns of Part I of Schedule 2 to these Regulations.
(2) The maximum charge that may be made by a tester shall be that specified in Part II of the said Schedule".
4. In Form 2 in Schedule 1 to the 1971 Regulations, for the words "a blood group investigation (the details of which are given in Part II of this Report) of" there shall be substituted the words "blood tests (the details of which are given in Part II of this Report) on samples provided by", and for the words "Blood Grouping Report" there shall be substituted the words "Test Report".
5. For Schedule 2 to the 1971 Regulations there shall be substituted the Schedule set out in the Schedule to these Regulations.
6. The Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1985 and the Blood Tests (Evidence of Paternity) (Amendment) Regulations 1988 are hereby revoked.
Douglas Hurd
One of Her Majesty's Principal Secretaries of State
Home Office
8th May 1989
Notes:[1] 1969 c. 46.
[2] S.I. 1971/1861, amended by S.I. 1985/1416, 1988/1198.
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