The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994

Made15th December 1994

Coming into force1st 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:

Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 137(4) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 19801 and now vested in him2, hereby makes the following Order:

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 19803 shall be varied by the insertion of “section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 19904,” 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.