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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-amendment-order-1994/note",
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  "legislation": "uksi/1994/3250",
  "legislation_title": "The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/magistrates-courts-fees-amendment-order-1994",
  "path": "note",
  "kind": "note",
  "number": null,
  "heading": "Explanatory note",
  "text": "(This note is not part of the Order)\nThis 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.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
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  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1994/3250/note",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-29T13:19:57.558893+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."
}