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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-mitochondrial-donation-regulations-2015/regulation-2",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2015/9780111125816",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-mitochondrial-donation-regulations-2015",
  "path": "regulation/2",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "2",
  "heading": "Interpretation",
  "text": "(1) In these Regulations “the Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990.\n(2) In these Regulations “polar body nuclear DNA” means any nuclear DNA located in a polar body.\n(3) In these Regulations a reference to the removal of any nuclear DNA (including polar body nuclear DNA) includes a reference to the removal of any material which is necessarily removed along with that DNA, and such material may include any associated organelles.\n(4) For the purposes of these Regulations, the following are to be treated as removed from an egg—\n(a) any polar body nuclear DNA which is destroyed while still located in the egg; and\n(b) any material which is necessarily destroyed along with that DNA, and such material may include any associated organelles.\n(5) In these Regulations a reference to the insertion of nuclear DNA includes a reference to the insertion of any material which is necessarily inserted along with that DNA, and such material may include any associated organelles.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111125816/regulation/2",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:11:08.484773+00:00"
  },
  "licence": "Open Government Licence v3.0",
  "licence_url": "https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/",
  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
}