The Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994

Made: 15th December 1994

Coming into force: 1st February 1995

Now, therefore, the Lord Chancellor, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 137(4) of the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980[^f00001] and now vested in him[^f00002], hereby makes the following Order:

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• (1) This Order may be cited as the Magistrates' Courts Fees (Amendment) Order 1994 and shall come into force on 1st February 1995.

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Part I of Schedule 6 to the Magistrates' Courts Act 1980[^f00003] shall be varied by the insertion of “section 30 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990[^f00004],” after “Parts I or II of the Children Act 1989,” under the heading “FAMILY PROCEEDINGS”.

Signed

Mackay of Clashfern, C. — Dated 15th December 1994

Explanatory note

(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.

Footnotes

[^f00001]: 1980 c. 43.

[^f00002]: S.I. 1992/709.

[^f00003]: Part I of Schedule 6 was substituted by S.I. 1993/1889.

[^f00004]: 1990 c. 37.