# The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Mitochondrial Donation) Regulations 2015, Regulation 8: Permitted embryo: circumstances


The circumstances referred to in regulation 6(b) are that—
(a) the Authority has issued a determination that—
(i) there is a particular risk that any embryo which is created by the fertilisation of an egg extracted from the ovaries of a woman named in the determination may have mitochondrial abnormalities caused by mitochondrial DNA; and
(ii) there is a significant risk that a person with those abnormalities will have or develop serious mitochondrial disease; and
(b) embryo B was created by the fertilisation of an egg extracted from the ovaries of the woman so named.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2015/9780111125816/regulation/8 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-mitochondrial-donation-regulations-2015/regulation-8
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