# The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994

S.I. 1994/3250 · made 15 December 1994

This Order introduces a fee of £30 in respect of applications in the magistrates' courts under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Section 30 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. The section came into force on 1st November 1994.

Made under: Magistrates’ Courts Act 1980 (Section 137)

## Introductory text

MAGISTRATES' COURTS
Made 15th December 1994
Coming into force 1st February 1995
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament for forty days and, that period having expired, neither House has resolved that the Order be not made:
Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 137(4) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 and now vested in him, hereby makes the following Order:

## 1 

(1) This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st February 1995.

## 2 

Part I of Schedule 6 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980 shall be varied by the insertion of “section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990,” after “Parts I or II of the Children Act 1989,” under the heading “FAMILY PROCEEDINGS”.

## Signature

Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 15th December 1994

## Explanatory note

(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order introduces a fee of £30 in respect of applications in the magistrates' courts under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Section 30 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. The section came into force on 1st November 1994.

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Page: https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-amendment-order-1994
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