Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024

PART 7

Domestic Surrogacy

Definitions - Part 7

51. In this Part—

“domestic surrogacy” means a surrogacy agreement in the specified form—

(a) entered into by—

(i) a surrogate mother who has been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for not less than two years, and

(ii) either—

(I) both intending parents, not less than one of whom has been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for not less than two years, or

(II) in the case of a single intending parent, that intending parent where he or she has been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for not less than two years,

and

(b) under which the embryo transfer is to be undertaken in the State;

“permitted surrogacy” shall be construed in accordance with section 52 (1);

section 65 application” shall be construed in accordance with section 65 (1).