Section 27 Meaning of “mother”.I1C1
United Kingdom
The woman who is carrying or has carried a child as a result of the placing in her of an embryo or of sperm and eggs, and no other woman, is to be treated as the mother of the child.
Subsection (1) above does not apply to any child to the extent that the child is treated by virtue of adoption as not being the F1woman’s child.
Subsection (1) above applies whether the woman was in the United Kingdom or elsewhere at the time of the placing in her of the embryo or the sperm and eggs.
Annotations
Textual amendments
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Words in s. 27(2) substituted (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 139, 148, Sch. 3 para. 77 (with Sch. 4 para. 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o)
Modifications
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Ss. 27-29 excluded (6.4.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 57(2), 68(2); S.I. 2009/479, art. 6(1)(b) (with art. 7 Sch.)
- C2
S. 27(2) modified (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2804, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 6
- C3
S. 27(2) modified (6.4.2010) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), regs. 1(1), 5, Sch. 4
- C4
S. 27(2) modified (21.12.2018) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/1412), reg. 1(2), Sch. 4 para. 16
Commencement
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S. 27 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)