Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024
PART 7 Domestic Surrogacy | ||
Definitions - Part 7 | ||
51. In this Part— | ||
“domestic surrogacy” means a surrogacy agreement in the specified form— | ||
(a) entered into by— | ||
(i) a surrogate mother who has been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for not less than two years, and | ||
(ii) either— | ||
(I) both intending parents, not less than one of whom has been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for not less than two years, or | ||
(II) in the case of a single intending parent, that intending parent where he or she has been habitually and lawfully resident in the State for not less than two years, | ||
and | ||
(b) under which the embryo transfer is to be undertaken in the State; | ||
“permitted surrogacy” shall be construed in accordance with section 52 (1); | ||
“ section 65 application” shall be construed in accordance with section 65 (1). |