PART 13E+WPROCEEDINGS UNDER SECTION 54 OF THE HUMAN FERTILISATION AND EMBRYOLOGY ACT 2008

AgreementE+W

13.11.—(1) Unless the court directs otherwise, the agreement of the other parent or the woman who carried the child to the making of the parental order may be given in the form referred to in Practice Direction 5A or a form to the like effect.

(2) Any form of agreement executed in Scotland must be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace or a Sheriff.

(3) Any form of agreement executed in Northern Ireland must be witnessed by a Justice of the Peace.

(4) Any form of agreement executed outside the United Kingdom must be witnessed by—

(a)any person for the time being authorised by law in the place where the document is executed to administer an oath for any judicial or other legal purpose;

(b)a British Consular officer;

(c)a notary public; or

(d)if the person executing the document is serving in any of the regular armed forces of the Crown, an officer holding a commission in any of those forces.