Source: http://www.legislation.gov.uk/cy/ukpga/1990/37/crossheading/status
Timestamp: 2019-03-20 04:41:44
Document Index: 189901848

Matched Legal Cases: ['art. 2', 'art. 6', 'art. 7', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 2', 'art. 3', 'art. 2', 'art. 3']

There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, Cross Heading: Status.
27 Meaning of “mother”.E+W+S+N.I.
(2)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].
F1Words 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)
C1Ss. 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.)
C2S. 27(2) modified (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2804, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 6
C3S. 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
C4S. 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
I1S. 27 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)
28 Meaning of “father”.E+W+S+N.I.
(1)[F2Subject to subsections (5A) to (5I) below,] this section applies in the case of a child who is being or has been carried by a woman as the result of the placing in her of an embryo or of sperm and eggs or her artificial insemination.
(c)to any child to the extent that the child is treated by virtue of adoption as not being the [F3man’s child].
(i)to the use of his sperm after his death which brought about the creation of the embryo carried by the woman or (as the case maybe) to the placing in the woman after his death of the embryo which was brought about using his sperm before his death, and
(f)the woman has elected in writing not later than the end of the period of 42 days from the day on which the child was born for the other party to the marriage to be treated for the purpose mentioned in subsection (5I) below as the father of the child,and
(5G)The Registrar General may at any time consent to the making of an election after the end of the period mentioned in subsection(5F) above if, on an application made to him in accordance with such requirements as he may specify, he is satisfied that there is a compelling reason for giving his consent to the making of such an election.
(5H)In subsections (5F) and (5G) above “the Registrar General” means the Registrar General for England and Wales, the Registrar General of Births, Deaths and Marriages for Scotland or (as the case maybe) the Registrar General for Northern Ireland.
((5I))The purpose referred to in subsections (5A) to (5D) above is the purpose of enabling the man’s particulars to be entered as the particulars of the child’s father in (as the case may be) a register of live-births or still-births kept under the Births and Deaths Registration Act 1953 or the Births and Deaths Registration (Northern Ireland) Order 1976 or a register of births or still-births kept under the Registration of Births, Deaths and Marriages (Scotland) Act 1965.]
he is not [F5, subject to subsections (5A) and (5B) above,] to be treated as the father of the child.
(7)The references in subsection (2) above [F6and subsections (5A) to (5D) above] to the parties to a marriage at the time there referred to—
F2Words in s. 28(1) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 2(1), {Sch. para. 13)}; S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
F3Words in s. 28(5)(c) substituted (30.12.2005) by Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38), ss. 139, 148, Sch. 3 para. 78 (with Sch. 4 paras. 6-8); S.I. 2005/2213, art. 2(o)
F4S. 28(5A)-(5I) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 1(1) (with s. 31(1)-(6)); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
F5Words in s. 28(6)(b) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 2(1), Sch. para. 14; S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
F6Words in s. 28(7) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 2(1), Sch. para. 15; S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
C5S. 28 modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(2)-(6); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
C6S. 28(5)(c) modified (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2804, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 6
C7S. 28(5)(c) modified (6.4.2010) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Parental Orders) Regulations 2010 (S.I. 2010/985), regs. 1(1), 5, Sch. 4
C8S. 28(5)(c) 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
I2S. 28 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)
29 Effect of sections 27 and 28.E+W+S+N.I.
[F7(3A)Subsections (1) to (3) above do not apply in relation to the treatment in law of a deceased man in a case to which section 28(5A),(5B), (5C) or (5D) of this Act applies.
(3D)In subsection (3C) above “enactment” includes an enactment comprised in, or in an instrument made under, an Act of the Scottish Parliament or Northern Ireland legislation.]
(4)In relation to England and Wales and Northern Ireland, nothing in the provisions of section 27(1) or 28(2) to (4) [F8or (5A) to (5I)], read with this section, affects—
F7S. 29(3A)-(3D) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 1(2); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
F8Words in s. 29(4) inserted (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 2(1), Sch. para. 16; S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2
I3S. 29 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)
F930 Parental orders in favour of gamete donors.E+W+S+N.I.
F9S. 30 repealed (6.4.2010) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 57(3), 68(2), Sch. 8 Pt. 1 (with s. 57(4)); S.I. 2010/987, art. 2(e) (with S.I. 2010/986, art. 3); and s. 30 in so far as it is still in force amended (N.I.) (31.10.2016) by Justice Act (Northern Ireland) 2015 (c. 9 (N.I.)) s. 106(2), Sch. 1 para. 98 (with Sch. 8 para. 1); S.R. 2016/387, art. 2(k) (with art. 3)