Footnotes

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• ↵Ss.92(1) & 95 Adoption and Children Act 2002

• ↵Ibid, ss.92(3) & 96(1)

• ↵Assuming the pregnancy was achieved via treatment at a licenced centre—if it was not then the legislation does not determine legal parenthood and common law presumptions apply.

• ↵And subject to the insemination or IVF having taken place in the course of licenced treatment.

• ↵Ss.2 (2) & 4 (1), Children Act 1989

• ↵ https://www.lawcom.gov.uk/surrogacy/ Accessed 17 Mar 2021

• ↵Law Commission of England and Wales and Scottish Law Commission, Building Families through Surrogacy: A New Law – A Joint Consultation Paper (6 June 2019), 8.2

• ↵ ibid 8.29

• ↵ ibid 8.34