What to do with my Statutory Instrument SI 5

You may not be aware but there is no responsible state agency
anywhere in the country for the collection of Statutory
Instrument SI-5.
• Almost 1/3rd of children born in 2011 are born to parents
who are unmarried (this figure rises dramatically to 50% in some
housing estates around the country),
• This means that these children are ‘legal strangers’ to their
fathers unless these parents register the father as a guardian.
• There is no one responsible for collecting this SI 5, so for
example if the document gets lost or mislaid then there is no
proof that such a document ever existed.
• Parental Equality would like to start a campaign to make fathers and
mothers aware of the importance of:-
1) Filling out such an application i.e SI No. 5 1998 and
2) sending it to a central repository or agency who will hold the document
for safe keeping or at the very least that your solicitor or the peace
commissioner hold on to a copy of this document.

This latter suggestion is a project which we are currently and actively
engaged in both the development and establishment of such an agency
pending core funding.