{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008/section-35",
  "json_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008/section-35.json",
  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/22",
  "legislation_title": "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008",
  "path": "section/35",
  "kind": "section",
  "number": "35",
  "heading": "Woman married to , or civil partner of, a man at time of treatment",
  "text": "(1) If—\n(a) at the time of the placing in her of the embryo or of the sperm and eggs or of her artificial insemination, W was a party to a marriage with a man or a civil partnership with a man, and\n(b) the creation of the embryo carried by her was not brought about with the sperm of the other party to the marriage or civil partnership,\nthen, subject to section 38(2) to (4), the other party to the marriage or civil partnership is to be treated as the father of the child unless it is shown that he did not consent to the placing in her of the embryo or the sperm and eggs or to her artificial insemination (as the case may be).\n(2) This section applies whether W was in the United Kingdom or elsewhere at the time mentioned in subsection (1)(a).",
  "extent": "E+W+S",
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F1",
      "text": "Words in s. 35(1)(a) inserted (E.W.) (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 38(3); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(iv); and said words in s. 35(1)(a) also inserted (S.) (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 18(2)(b); and said words in s. 35(1)(a) also inserted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 26(2)(b)(i) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F2",
      "text": "Words in s. 35(1)(a) inserted (E.W.S.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(b)(i); and said words in s. 35(1)(a) also inserted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 26(2)(b)(i) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F3",
      "text": "Words in s. 35(1) inserted (E.W.S.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(b)(ii); and said words in s. 35(1) also inserted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 26(2)(b)(ii) (with regs. 6-9)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F4",
      "text": "Words in s. 35 heading inserted (E.W.) (13.3.2014) by Marriage (Same Sex Couples) Act 2013 (c. 30), s. 21(3), Sch. 7 para. 38(2); S.I. 2014/93, art. 3(k)(iv); and said words in s. 35 heading also inserted (S.) (16.12.2014) by The Marriage and Civil Partnership (Scotland) Act 2014 and Civil Partnership Act 2004 (Consequential Provisions and Modifications) Order 2014 (S.I. 2014/3229), art. 1(2), Sch. 5 para. 18(2)(a); and said words also inserted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 26(2)(a)"
    },
    {
      "type": "F",
      "label": "F5",
      "text": "Words in s. 35 heading inserted (E.W.S.) (2.12.2019) by The Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1458), regs. 1(2), 16(2)(a); and said words in s. 35 heading also inserted (N.I.) (13.1.2020) by The Marriage (Same-sex Couples) and Civil Partnership (Opposite-sex Couples) (Northern Ireland) Regulations 2019 (S.I. 2019/1514), regs. 1(2), 26(2)(a)"
    }
  ],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2008/22/section/35",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T09:11:47.450526+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."
}