Clause 50
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
Public Bill Committees, 12 June 2008, 9:15 am
Amendment made: No. 60, in clause 50, page 44, line 10, at end insert—
‘( ) The reference in section 48(5A)(b) to a civil partnership includes a reference to a void civil partnership if either or both of the parties reasonably believed at the time when they registered as civil partners of each other that the civil partnership was valid; and for this purpose it is to be presumed, unless the contrary is shown, that one of them reasonably believed at that time that the civil partnership was valid.’.—[Dawn Primarolo.]