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Regulation 7 Permitted embryo: process

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(1)

The process referred to in regulation 6(a) consists of the following two steps.

(2)

In step 1—

(a)

either—

(i)

all the nuclear DNA of an embryo (“embryo A”) is removed, or

(ii)

all the nuclear DNA of embryo A other than polar body nuclear DNA is removed; and

(b)

either—

(i)

all the nuclear DNA of another embryo (“embryo B”) is removed, or

(ii)

all the nuclear DNA of embryo B other than polar body nuclear DNA is removed.

(3)

In step 2 all the nuclear DNA of embryo B which is not polar body nuclear DNA is inserted into embryo A.