STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 19E
Implantation procedure—Presumption as to status where donor ovum used
STATUS OF CHILDREN ACT 1978 - SECT 19E
Implantation procedure—Presumption as to status where donor ovum used
19E Implantation procedure—Presumption as to status where donor ovum used
(1) A reference in this section to a fertilisation procedure is a reference to
the procedure of implanting in the womb of a woman—
(a) an embryo derived
from an ovum produced by another woman and fertilised by semen produced by a
man who is not the husband of the first-mentioned woman; or
(b) for the
purpose of fertilising an ovum inside her body, an ovum produced by another
woman together with semen produced by a man other than the first-mentioned
woman’s husband.
(2) If a woman has undergone a fertilisation procedure as
a result of which she has become pregnant—
(a) the woman is presumed, for
all purposes, to have become pregnant as a result of the fertilisation of an
ovum produced by her and to be the mother of any child born as a result of the
pregnancy; and
(b) the other woman who produced the ovum from which the
embryo used in the procedure was derived is presumed, for all purposes, not to
be the mother of any child born as a result of the pregnancy.
(3) The
woman’s de facto partner is presumed, for all purposes, to be a parent of
the child.
(4) Also, the man who produced the semen has no rights or
liabilities relating to any child born as a result of a pregnancy for which
the semen has been used.
