[54A Parental orders: one applicant]
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (2008 c 22) | Legislation

[54A  Parental orders: one applicant]

[(1)     On an application made by one person (“the applicant”), the court may make an order providing for a child to be treated in law as the child of the applicant if—

(a)     the child has been carried by a woman who is not the applicant, as a result of the placing in her of an embryo or sperm and eggs or her artificial insemination,

(b)     the gametes of the applicant were used to bring about the creation of the embryo, and

(c)     the conditions in subsections (2) to (8) are satisfied.

(2)     Except in a case falling within subsection (11), the applicant must apply for the order within the period of 6 months

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