SCHEDULES
SCHEDULE 6Amendments relating to parenthood in cases involving assisted reproduction
Part 1General
Adoption and Children Act 2002 (c. 38)
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1
Section 51 of the Adoption and Children Act 2002 (adoption by one person) is amended as follows.
2
In subsection (4), for paragraph (b) substitute—
b
by virtue of the provisions specified in subsection (5), there is no other parent, or
3
After subsection (4) insert—
5
The provisions referred to in subsection (4)(b) are—
a
section 28 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (disregarding subsections (5A) to (5I) of that section), or
b
sections 34 to 47 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (disregarding sections 39, 40 and 46 of that Act).