{
  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-quality-and-safety-regulations-2007/regulation-8",
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  "legislation": "ukdsi/2007/9780110768359",
  "legislation_title": "The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007",
  "legislation_url": "https://openlegislation.uk/draft-human-fertilisation-and-embryology-quality-and-safety-regulations-2007",
  "path": "regulation/8",
  "kind": "regulation",
  "number": "8",
  "heading": "Prohibitions in connection with embryos",
  "text": "In section 3 (prohibitions in connection with embryos), for subsection (1) substitute—\n“(1) No person shall bring about the creation of an embryo except in pursuance of a licence.\n(1A) No person shall keep or use an embryo except—\n(a) in pursuance of a licence, or\n(b) in the case of—\n(i) the keeping, without storage, of an embryo intended for human application, or\n(ii) the processing, without storage, of such an embryo,\nin pursuance of a third party agreement.\n(1B) No person shall procure or distribute an embryo intended for human application except in pursuance of a licence or a third party agreement.”.",
  "extent": null,
  "status": null,
  "version": "current",
  "annotations": [],
  "outstanding_effects": [],
  "provenance": {
    "source": "legislation.gov.uk",
    "source_url": "https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukdsi/2007/9780110768359/regulation/8",
    "retrieved_at": "2026-10-30T15:18:09.615107+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."
}