# The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Commencement No. 4 — Amendment of Transitional Provisions) Order 1991, Note: Explanatory note


(This note is not part of the Order)
This Order amends one of the transitional provisions contained in the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (Commencement No. 3 and Transitional Provisions) Order 1991, made on 16th June 1991.
This Order relaxes the requirements relating to consent to the storage of gametes and embryos already in store on 1st August 1991, when the principal provisions of the 1990 Act come into force.
As a result of the amendment, it will not be necessary to have the consent of the donor of gametes already in store on 1st August 1991 to their continued storage on or after that date. Neither will it be necessary to have the consent of each person whose gametes were used to bring about the creation of an embryo already in store on 1st August 1991 to the continued storage of the embryo on or after the date.
The requirements relating to consent to the use (as opposed to storage) of gametes and embryos already in store on 1st August 1991 are not affected by this Order.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/1991/1781/note (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-1990-commencement-no-4-amendment-of-transitional-provisions-order-1991/note
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