The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c 24) is an Act of the

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. The Act amended the

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to allow, among other things, a man to be listed in birth certificates as the father of a child even if the child was conceived after the death of the man. It is thought to affect around five to ten families a year.

Section 2

Sections 2(2) and (3) were repealed by section 30 of, and th
Schedule
to, the

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References

* Halsbury's Statutes,

External links

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003
as amended from the National Archives.
The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003
as originally enacted from the National Archives.
Explanatory notes
to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003. {{HFEA United Kingdom Acts of Parliament 2003 Family law in the United Kingdom Paternity in the United Kingdom