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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-children-act-1989-amendment-rules-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/2166",
  "legislation_title": "The Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) (Amendment) Rules 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/family-proceedings-courts-children-act-1989-amendment-rules-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Rules)\nSection 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 confers power upon the court to make a parental order in respect of a child in favour of a married couple, at least one of whom is the genetic parent and where the child has been born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement satisfying certain conditions. These Rules amend the Family Proceedings Courts (Children Act 1989) Rules 1991 and prescribe the procedure to be followed in connection with an application for a parental order in the magistrates' court. They also prescribe the procedure for making an application under sections 27(1) (leave to apply for removal of a child from the home of a person with whom he lives), 29(1) (order for the return of a child who has been removed from the home of a person with whom he lives) and 29(2) (order directing a person not to remove the child from the home of a person with whom he lives) of the Adoption Act 1976 as applied with modifications by the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
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    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/2166/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:27:21.641094+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}