Status of Children (Assisted Reproduction Technology) Act 2013 · 2020 Revised Edition · Part 2 · Parenthood in Cases Involving Assisted Reproduction Technology
5. Person who provided egg or sperm not to be treated as parent
Feedback & supportExcept as determined under this Act, where a child is brought about as a result of a fertilisation procedure —
fertilisation procedure
“fertilisation procedure” means —(a)the placing of an embryo or of sperm and eggs in a woman;(b)the artificial insemination of a woman; or(c)any other prescribed procedure for the assisted conception of children;
the woman whose egg the child was brought about with is not to be treated as the mother of the child; and
egg
“egg” means a live human egg and includes the cells of the female germ line at any stage of maturity but, except in the definition of “embryo”, does not include an egg that is in the process of fertilisation or undergoing any other process capable of resulting in an embryo;
the man whose sperm the child was brought about with is not to be treated as the father of the child.
sperm
“sperm” means live human sperm and includes the cells of the male germ line at any stage of maturity.