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STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 19C Artificial insemination—Presumption as to status

STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 19C

Artificial insemination—Presumption as to status

19C Artificial insemination—Presumption as to status

(1) A reference in this section to a fertilisation procedure is a reference to the procedure of artificial insemination.
(2) If semen is used in a fertilisation procedure of the woman, the man who produced the semen has no rights or liabilities relating to a child born as a result of a pregnancy for which the semen has been used.
(3) The woman’s de facto partner is presumed, for all purposes, to be a parent of any child born as a result of the pregnancy.