Statutory Instruments
MAGISTRATES' COURTS
Made
15th December 1994
Coming into force
1st February 1995
Whereas a draft of this Order has been laid before Parliament for forty days and, that period having expired, neither House has resolved that the Order be not made:
1.-(1) This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st February 1995.
2. Part I of Schedule 6 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980(3) shall be varied by the insertion of "section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990(4)," after "Parts I or II of the Children Act 1989," under the heading "FAMILY PROCEEDINGS".
Mackay of Clashfern, C.
Dated 15th December 1994
(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order introduces a fee of £30 in respect of applications in the magistrates' courts under section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990. Section 30 confers power upon the court to make a parental order in respect of a child in favour of a married couple, at least one of whom is the genetic parent and where the child has been born as a result of a surrogacy arrangement satisfying certain conditions. The section came into force on 1st November 1994.