Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008

42Woman in civil partnership at time of treatment

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(1)If at the time of the placing in her of the embryo or the sperm and eggs or of her artificial insemination, W was a party to a civil partnership, then subject to section 45(2) to (4), the other party to the civil partnership is to be treated as a parent of the child unless it is shown that she did not consent to the placing in W of the embryo or the sperm and eggs or to her artificial insemination (as the case may be).

(2)This section applies whether W was in the United Kingdom or elsewhere at the time mentioned in subsection (1).