Frances Fitzgerald (Dublin Mid West, Fine Gael) | Oireachtas source

I move amendment No. 83:

In page 72, between lines 14 and 15, to insert the following:

“Registrar may take and receive statutory declaration under Guardianship of Infants Act 196492.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.”.”.

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