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.