ARTIFICIAL CONCEPTION ACT 1985 - SECT 7
ARTIFICIAL CONCEPTION ACT 1985 - SECT 7
7 . Donor of genetic material
(1) Where —
(a) a
woman becomes pregnant in consequence of an artificial fertilisation
procedure; and
(b) the
ovum used for the purposes of the procedure was taken from some other woman,
then for the purposes
of the law of the State, the woman from whom the ovum was taken is not the
mother of any child born as a result of the pregnancy.
(2) Where —
(a) a
woman becomes pregnant in consequence of an artificial fertilisation
procedure; and
(b) a
man (not being the woman's husband) produced sperm used for the purposes of
the procedure,
then for the purposes
of the law of the State, the man referred to in paragraph (b) —
(c)
shall be conclusively presumed not to have caused the pregnancy; and
(d) is
not the father of any child born as a result of the pregnancy.
[Section 7 amended: No. 73 of 1994 s. 4; No. 3 of
2002 s. 27 and 28.]
[ 8. Omitted under the
Reprints Act 1984 s. 7(4)(e).]
[Schedule 1 omitted under the Reprints Act 1984 s.
7(4)(e).]