# Health and Care Act 2022, Paragraph 13: Storage after expiry of pre-commencement consent

Extent: E+W+S+N.I.

(1) If a pre-commencement consent to the storage of gametes or an embryo expires at any time in the transitional period, the storage of the gametes or embryo for the remainder of that period is not unlawful merely because of that fact.
(2) In sub-paragraph (1)—
(a) “pre-commencement consent” means consent given under Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act before the commencement day;
(b) the reference to expiry of consent does not include withdrawal.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2022/31/schedule/17/paragraph/13 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/health-and-care-act-2022/schedule-17/paragraph-13
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