Children and Family Relationships Act 2015

Performance of DAHR procedure

25. (1) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure unless the person is—

(a) a registered medical practitioner, or

(b) a registered nurse.

(2) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure other than on the request of an intending parent.

(3) A person shall not perform a DAHR procedure on the request of an intending parent unless—

(a) he or she has first obtained the following information in respect of that intending parent—

(i) his or her name,

(ii) his or her date of birth, and

(iii) his or her address and contact details,

and

(b) the following applies:

(i) where the intending mother is the only intending parent, she has consented under section 9 to the parentage under section 5 of a child born to her as a result of the procedure;

(ii) where the intending parents are the intending mother and her husband, civil partner or cohabitant—

(I) the intending mother has consented under section 9 to the parentage under section 5 of a child born as a result of the procedure, and her declaration under section 9 (1)(c) includes a statement referred to in section 9 (3)(d) in respect of the husband, civil partner or cohabitant concerned, and

(II) the husband, civil partner or cohabitant concerned has consented under section 11 to being the parent, under section 5 , of a child born as a result of the procedure.