Section 55 — Family Proceedings Act 1980: Contents of report

55 Contents of report (1) A report on parentage tests— (a) Shall state the qualifications of the person making the report; and (b) Shall include or be accompanied by a statement showing the circumstances in which a blood sample or buccal sample was taken from each person to whom the report relates, and the manner in which that person was separately identified from each other person to whom the tests relate; and (c) must state the systems used to analyse the blood sample or buccal sample, for example,— (i) any of the following systems for analysing blood samples, namely, ABO, Rh, MNSs, Duffy, Kidd, Kell, Haptoglobins, Gc's, and phosphoglucomutase; or (ii) a system of comparison of DNA profiles for analysing blood samples or buccal samples; and (d) [Repealed] (e) Shall state the results of the parentage tests; and (f) Shall state, in relation to each person to whom the report relates (other than the child), whether the results of the parentage tests show that the person is not a natural parent of the child. (2) Where parentage tests carried out on a person do not show that the person is not a natural parent of the child, the report may contain an evaluation of the significance of the results of the parentage tests in determining whether that person is a natural parent of the child. (3) Where a report on parentage tests has been submitted to a Court under this section the Court may, of its own motion or on the application of a party, obtain from the person by whom the report was compiled a written statement explaining or amplifying any matter in the report. (4) A written statement so obtained shall be deemed to form part of the report. Compare: 1968 No 62 s 50(5), (7) Subsection (1) was amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 150 Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90) by substituting the words “ parentage tests ” for the words “ blood tests ” where they first occur. Subsection (1)(b) was amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 150 Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90) by inserting the words “ or buccal sample ” after the words “ blood sample ” . Subsection (1)(c) was substituted, as from 1 July 2005, by section 150 Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90). Subsection (1)(d) was repealed, as from 1 July 2005, by section 150 Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90). Subsections (1)(e) and (f) and (2) and (3) were amended, as from 1 July 2005, by section 150 Care of Children Act 2004 (2004 No 90) by substituting the word “ parentage ” for the word “ blood ” wherever it occurs.