Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) Regulations 2018.

(2)

Except as provided by paragraph (3), these Regulations come into force on 1st April 2018 (“the commencement date”).

(3)

These Regulations come into force on the day after the day on which they are made so far as necessary to enable anything to be done for the purposes of varying a relevant licence or giving directions to ensure compliance with these Regulations on the commencement date.

(4)

In paragraph (3), “relevant licence” has the same meaning as section 8ZB(11) of the 1990 Act as inserted by regulation 4(1) of these Regulations.

(5)

In these Regulations—

(a)

the “1990 Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990^f1,

(b)

“the fourth Directive” has the same meaning as in the 1990 Act, as amended by regulation 3(2) of these Regulations,

(c)

“gametes” and “embryos” have the same meaning as in the 1990 Act^f2.

Annotations

Footnotes

f1: 1990 c.37.
f2: “Gametes” and “embryos” are defined in section 1 of the 1990 Act.