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SURROGACY ACT 2010 - SECT 26
Age and wishes of child must be considered
26 Age and wishes of child must be considered
(1) The child must be under 18 years of age at the time the application is
made.
(2) The Court must have regard to the wishes of the child, if the child
is of sufficient maturity to express his or her wishes and the Court considers
it appropriate to take those wishes into account.
(3) These preconditions are
mandatory preconditions to the making of a parentage order.
Note : The above
preconditions will generally be of relevance only to
pre-commencement surrogacy arrangements, which may have been entered into some
years before the commencement of this Act.
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