13. The Minister may make regulations for carrying out the purposes of this Act and for prescribing any matter which is required under this Act to be prescribed.
Family Justice Rules
14.—(1) The Family Justice Rules Committee constituted under section 46(1) of the Family Justice Act 2014 (Act 27 of 2014) may make Family Justice Rules —
(a)
to regulate and prescribe the procedure and practice in respect of proceedings under this Act;
(b)
to provide for the transmission of any order of court with respect to the parenthood of a child to the Registrar-General of Births and Deaths under the Registration of Births and Deaths Act (Cap. 267); and
(c)
to provide for the costs and fees of such proceedings, and for regulating any matter relating to the costs of such proceedings.
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(2) The Family Justice Rules may, instead of providing for any matter, refer to any provision made or to be made about that matter by practice directions issued for the time being by the registrar of the Family Justice Courts.
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Transitional provisions
15.—(1) Despite section 3 but subject to subsections (2) and (3), where a child was born before 1 October 2014 as a result of a fertilisation procedure, the court may, in its discretion, make an order declaring the parenthood of the child.
(2) In making an order under subsection (1), the court —
(a)
shall exercise its discretion in accordance with section 10(7); and
(b)
may additionally have regard to the provisions of sections 6 to 9, but shall not be bound to apply those provisions.
(3) No application under this section shall be made after the expiry of a period of 2 years after —
(a)
1 October 2014; or
(b)
the date on which the applicant discovered that the child who was born as a result of the fertilisation procedure was brought about under circumstances described in section 9(1),
whichever is the later.
(4) Section 10 shall apply, with the necessary modifications, to an application made under this section.