Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
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Consent of husband, civil partner or cohabitant of intending mother | ||
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11. (1) A person, being the husband, civil partner or cohabitant of the intending mother concerned, consents under this section to be the parent, under section 5 (1)(b), of a child born as a result of a DAHR procedure where, before that procedure is performed— | ||
(a) the person has attained the age of 21 years, | ||
(b) the intending mother has consented under section 9 to a DAHR procedure, and her declaration under section 9 (1)(c) includes a statement referred to in section 9 (3)(d) in respect of the person, | ||
(c) the person has received the information referred to in section 13 , and | ||
(d) the person makes a declaration in accordance with subsections (2) and (3). | ||
(2) A declaration under subsection (1)(d) shall be made before the DAHR procedure is performed and shall be in writing, dated, and signed by the person in the presence of a person authorised in that behalf by the operator of the DAHR facility where the DAHR procedure is to be performed. | ||
(3) A declaration under subsection (1)(d) shall be in such form as may be prescribed and shall include the following statements: | ||
(a) that the person is the husband, civil partner or cohabitant, as the case may be, of the intending mother; | ||
(b) that the person has received the information referred to in section 13 ; | ||
(c) that, in the event that a DAHR procedure is performed, the person— | ||
(i) consents to the provision to the Minister of the information referred to in section 28 (3)(b) in respect of him or her, and | ||
(ii) agrees to comply with his or her obligations under section 27 ; | ||
(d) that the person is aware that— | ||
(i) the donor of a gamete or embryo used in the DAHR procedure shall not be the parent of any child born as a result of that procedure, and | ||
(ii) by consenting in accordance with this section, he or she shall, under this Act, together with the mother of the child, be the parent of such a child; | ||
(e) that, in the event that a child is born as a result of the DAHR procedure, the person— | ||
(i) consents to the recording on the Register of the information specified in section 33 (3)(c) in respect of him or her, | ||
(ii) consents to the recording on the Register of the information specified in paragraphs (a) and (b) of section 33 (3) in respect of the child, and | ||
(iii) understands that the child may, in accordance with section 35 , access the information specified in section 33 (3)(d) in respect of a person who is, in relation to the child, a relevant donor and seek to contact him or her. |