Children and Family Relationships Act 2015
Performance of DAHR procedure | ||
25. (1) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure unless the person is— | ||
(a) a registered medical practitioner, or | ||
(b) a registered nurse. | ||
(2) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure other than on the request of an intending parent. | ||
(3) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure on the request of an intending parent unless— | ||
(a) he or she has first obtained the following information in respect of that intending parent— | ||
(i) his or her name, | ||
(ii) his or her date of birth, and | ||
(iii) his or her address and contact details, | ||
and | ||
(b) the following applies: | ||
(i) where the intending mother is the only intending parent, she has consented under section 9 to the parentage under section 5 of a child born to her as a result of the procedure; | ||
(ii) where the intending parents are the intending mother and her husband, civil partner or cohabitant— | ||
(I) the intending mother has consented under section 9 to the parentage under section 5 of a child born as a result of the procedure, and her declaration under section 9 (1)(c) includes a statement referred to in section 9 (3)(d) in respect of the husband, civil partner or cohabitant concerned, and | ||
(II) the husband, civil partner or cohabitant concerned has consented under section 11 to being the parent, under section 5 , of a child born as a result of the procedure. |