AI-assisted research summary: This amendment law changes form and certificate requirements in the Termination of Pregnancy (Jersey) Law 1997, and creates an offence for non-compliance with the new Article 10A form rules.
L.21/2005 Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005 Arrangement Article 1 Interpretation . 607 2 Article 1 amended . 607 3 Article 2 amended . 607 4 Article 3 amended . 607 5 Article 4 amended . 608 6 Article 9 repealed . 608 7 Article 10 amended . 608 8 Article 10A inserted . 608 9 Citation and commencement 608 Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005 A LAW to amend the Termination of Pregnancy (Jersey) Law 1997. Adopted by the States 2nd March 2005 Sanctioned by Order of Her Majesty in Council 22nd June 2005 Registered by the Royal Court 5th August 2005 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 Termination of Pregnancy (Jersey) Law 1997. [1] 2 Article 1 amended In Article 1(1) of the principal Law the definition “prescribed” shall be deleted. 3 Article 2 amended In Article 2(2)(b)(i) of the principal Law for the words beginning “that, at the time” and ending “poor quality of life,” there shall be substituted the words “that there is a substantial risk that, if the child were born, it would suffer from such physical or mental abnormalities as to be seriously handicapped,”. 4 Article 3 amended In Article 3(2)(c) of the principal Law the words “, in such form as may be prescribed,” shall be deleted. 5 Article 4 amended In Article 4(1)(a) of the principal Law the words “, in such form as may be prescribed” shall be deleted. 6 Article 9 repealed Article 9 of the principal Law shall be repealed. 7 Article 10 amended In Article 10(1) of the principal Law – (a) sub-paragraphs (a), (b), (e) and (f) shall be deleted; (b) in sub-paragraph (g) for the words “as may be specified to be supplied to him” there shall be substituted the words “to be supplied to the Medical Officer of Health as he or she may reasonably require for the purpose of reporting to the Committee upon the operation of this Law”; (c) in sub-paragraph (h) the words “the form in which and” shall be deleted. 8 Article 10A inserted After Article 10 of the principal Law there shall be inserted the following Article – “10A Forms (1) An approved registered medical practitioner shall make a record of and certify his or her opinion referred to in Article 2 by completing a form printed and made available by the Committee for the purpose. (2) The certificate given by a registered medical practitioner to a woman under Article 3(2)(c) or 4(1)(a) shall be in a form printed and made available by the Committee for the purpose and signed by the registered medical practitioner. (3) A person who fails to comply with paragraph (1) or (2) shall be guilty of an offence and liable to a fine of level 2 on the standard scale.” 9 Citation and commencement This Law may be cited as the Termination of Pregnancy (Amendment) (Jersey) Law 2005 and shall come into force on the seventh day following its registration. D.C.G. FILIPPONI Assistant Greffier of the States. [1] Chapter 20.925.