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Use the ‘more’ link to open the changes and effects relevant to the provision you are viewing.Changes and effects yet to be applied to :Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the specific provision you are viewing.s. 27-29 excluded by 2008 c. 22 s. 57(2)s. 28(5)(c) modified by S.I. 2010/985 reg. 5 Sch. 4Changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act associated Parts and Chapters:Changes and effectsThis section lists the changes and effects yet to be applied to the whole Act, associated Parts and Chapters where applicable. This includes any insertions of whole new Parts, Chapters or provisions yet to be inserted into this Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing.Act applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2009/1892 Sch. 4 para. 1-12Act savings for effects of 2008 c. 22 by S.I. 2010/986 art. 3Whole provisions yet to be inserted into this Act (including any effects on those provisions):s. 1(6) (7) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 1(5)s. 3ZA inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 3(5)s. 4A inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 4(2)s. 7(1)-(1B) substituted for s. 7(1) by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 7 para. 3s. 8(1) s. 8 renumbered as s. 8(1) by 2008 c. 22 s. 6(1)s. 8(1) word repealed by 2008 c. 22 s. 6(2)(a) Sch. 8 Pt. 1s. 8(1)(ca) (cb) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 6(2)(b)s. 8(2) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 6(3)s. 8B-8D inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 8s. 8E inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 9s. 8ZA inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 7s. 9A substituted for s. 9 by 2008 c. 22 s. 10s. 12(2)(c) and word inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 12(3)(b)s. 13(6)-(6E) substituted for s. 13(6) by 2008 c. 22 s. 14(3)s. 13(8)-(13) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 14(4)s. 14(1)(a)-(ac) substituted for s. 14(1)(a) by 2008 c. 22 s. 15(2)(b)s. 14(1)(ba) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 15(2)(c)s. 14(4A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 15(4)s. 14A(1)(c) and word inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 7 para. 6(b)s. 15(5) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 7 para. 7s. 18 18A substituted for s. 18 by 2008 c. 22 s. 18s. 19-19B substituted for s. 19 by 2008 c. 22 s. 19s. 19C inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 20s. 24(3B) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 22(2)s. 24(4B) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 22(4)s. 24(5A)-(5E) substituted for s. 24(5)-(10) by 2008 c. 22 s. 22(5)s. 25(2A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 23(3)s. 31-31ZG substituted for s. 31 by 2008 c. 22 s. 24s. 31A(1)(c) and word inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 7 para. 10(2)(b)s. 31ZA applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/572 reg. 11s. 31ZB applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/572 reg. 12s. 31ZC applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/572 reg. 13s. 31ZD applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/572 reg. 14s. 31ZE applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/572 reg. 15s. 32(2A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 6 para. 33(4)s. 33A-33D substituted for s. 33 by 2008 c. 22 s. 25s. 35(2A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 6 para. 35(3)s. 35A and cross-heading inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 26s. 35B and cross-heading inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 27s. 38A inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 28(1)s. 41(2)(aa) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 29(3)(a)s. 41(2)(bb) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 29(3)(b)s. 41(10) (10A) substituted for s. 10 by 2008 c. 22 s. 29(9)s. 45(1A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 30(2)s. 45(3) (3A) substituted for s. 45(3) by 2008 c. 22 s. 30(4)s. 45(4) (4A) substituted for s. 45(4) by 2008 c. 22 s. 30(5)s. 45A inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 31s. 45A(4) words substituted by 2017 c. 4 Sch. 6 para. 52s. 45B inserted by 2008 c. 22 s. 32Sch. 1 para. 4A inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 1 para. 2Sch. 1 para. 5(4A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 1 para. 3(a)Sch. 1 para. 15 and cross-heading inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 7 para. 15(c)Sch. 1 para. 5A 5B inserted by 2009 c. 21 Sch. 3 para. 3(3)Sch. 1 para. 4A(1)(a) words substituted by S.I. 2012/2404 Sch. 2 para. 26Sch. 2 para. 1(1)(ca) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 2(2)(a)Sch. 2 para. 1(4A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 2(4)Sch. 2 para. 1(6) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 2(5)Sch. 2 para. 1A(1A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 4Sch. 2 para. 1ZA-1ZC and cross-heading inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 3Sch. 2 para. 2(1A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 5(a)Sch. 2 para. 3 3A substituted for Sch. 2 para. 3 by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 2 para. 6Sch. 3 para. 22 applied (with modifications) by S.I. 2015/572 reg. 17Sch. 3 para. 2(1A) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 4(3)Sch. 3 para. 4(3)-(5) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 6(4)Sch. 3 para. 4A inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 7Sch. 3 para. 6(3A)-(3E) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 9(5)Sch. 3 para. 7(4) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 10(3)Sch. 3 para. 8(2A)-(2C) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 11(3)Sch. 3 para. 8(4) inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 11(4)Sch. 3 para. 9-11 inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 12Sch. 3 para. 12-14 inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 13Sch. 3 para. 15-21 and cross-headings inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 14Sch. 3 para. 22 and cross-heading inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 15Sch. 3 para. 2(2)-(2B) substituted for Sch. 3 para. 2(2) by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 4(4)Sch. 3 para. 2(4) (5) substituted for Sch. 3 para. 2(4) by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 4(5)Sch. 3 para. 2(1)(ba) substituted for word by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 4(2)Sch. 3 para. 4(2)(aa) substituted for word by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 3 para. 6(3)(b)Sch. 3B inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 5Sch. 3ZA inserted by 2008 c. 22 Sch. 4Commencement Orders yet to be applied to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990Commencement OrdersThis section lists the commencement orders yet to be applied to the whole Act. These effects are included in this view as they may be (but won’t necessarily be) relevant to the specific provision that you are viewing. Where applicable the commencement orders are listed under two headings, firstly those that bring some part of the Act you are viewing into force and secondly, those that bring into force legislation that affects some part of the legislation you are viewing. If you are viewing a prospective version or there is a prospective version available there may be commencement orders listed here that are relevant to the provision you are viewing.Commencement Orders bringing legislation that affects this Act into force:S.I. 2009/479 art. 2-6 commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2009/2232 art. 2	commences (2008 c. 22)S.I. 2010/30 art. 2-4 commences (2009 c. 21)S.I. 2010/987 art. 2	commences (2008 c. 22)S.S.I. 2009/267 art. 2 commences (2007 asp 4)S.R. 2016/387 art. 2 commences (2015 c. 9 (N.I.))28 Meaning of “father”.E+W+S+N.I.(1)[F1Subject to subsections (5A) to (5I) below,]F1 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 [F2man’s child]F2 .
F3(6)Where—
he is not [F4, subject to subsections (5A) and (5B) above,]F4 to be treated as the father of the child.
(7)The references in subsection (2) above [F5and subsections (5A) to (5D) above]F5 to the parties to a marriage at the time there referred to—
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All annotations contain links to the affecting legislation.Amendments (Textual)F1Words 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. 2F2Words 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)F3S. 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. 2F4Words 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. 2F5Words 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. 2Modifications etc. (not altering text)C1S. 28 modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(5); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2C2S. 28(5)(c) modified (1.11.1994) by S.I. 1994/2804, reg. 3, Sch. 2 para. 6C3S. 28(5A) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(2); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2S. 28(5A) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(6)(a); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2C4S. 28(5B) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(2); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2S. 28(5B) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(6)(a); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2C5S. 28(5C) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(3); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2S. 28(5C) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(6)(b); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2C6S. 28(5D) modified (1.12.2003) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Deceased Fathers) Act 2003 (c. 24), s. 3(6)(b); S.I. 2003/3095, art. 2Commencement InformationI1S. 28 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)Previous: ProvisionNext: ProvisionBack to topOptions/HelpPrint OptionsPrint The Whole ActPDF The Whole ActWeb page The Whole ActPrint The Whole Cross HeadingPDF The Whole Cross HeadingWeb page The Whole Cross HeadingPrint This Section onlyPDF This Section onlyWeb page This Section onlyLegislation is available in different versions:Latest Available (revised):The latest available updated version of the legislation incorporating changes made by subsequent legislation and applied by our editorial team. 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