Marriage and Civil
Status (Amendment No. 3) (Jersey)
Law 2010
A LAW to amend further the Marriage
and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001
Adopted by the
States 7th October 2009
Sanctioned by
Order of Her Majesty in Council 21st July 2010
Registered by the
Royal Court 6th
August 2010
THE STATES, subject to the sanction of Her Most Excellent Majesty in Council, have
adopted the following Law –
1 Interpretation
In this Law, “principal Law” means
the Marriage and Civil Status (Jersey) Law 2001[1].
2 Article
59A amended
In Article 59A of the principal Law, after paragraph (3)
there shall be inserted the following paragraphs –
“(3A) Where a choice of surname is made in accordance
with paragraphs (1) to (3) on the re-registration of a child’s
birth, the father and mother may, at the same time, request the addition to or
removal from the register of any forename for the child.
(3B) A request under paragraph (3A) shall be evidenced
in accordance with paragraph (3).”.
3 Schedule
2A amended
In paragraph 2 of Schedule 2A to the principal Law, after
sub-paragraph (3) there shall be inserted the following
sub-paragraphs –
“(3A) Where a child’s birth is re-registered in
accordance with this paragraph the father and mother may, at the same time,
request the addition to or removal from the register of any forename for the
child.
(3B) A request under sub-paragraph (3A) shall be
evidenced in accordance with sub-paragraph (1).”.
4 Citation
and commencement
This Law may be cited as the Marriage and Civil Status (Amendment
No. 3) (Jersey) Law 2010 and shall come into force 7 days after it is
registered.
l.-m. hart
Assistant Greffier of the States