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SURROGACY ACT 2012 - SECT 17

Additional requirements if multiple births
(1)  In this section –
birth sibling , of a child, means a brother or sister of the child who is born as a result of the same pregnancy as the child.
(2)  This section applies if a child has a living birth sibling.
(3)  Despite any other provision of this Act, the court may make a parentage order under which the child becomes a child of the intended parent or parents named in the order only if –
(a) the court also makes a parentage order, about each living birth sibling of the child, under which the birth sibling becomes a child of the intended parent or parents; or
(b) the court considers the order will be in the best interests of the child even if a parentage order about each living birth sibling of the child is not made as mentioned in paragraph (a) .



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