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Paragraph 5 I1

United Kingdom

(1)

A person’s gametes must not be used for the purposes of treatment services F1or non-medical fertility services unless there is an effective consent by that person to their being so used and they are used in accordance with the terms of the consent.

(2)

A person’s gametes must not be received for use for those purposes unless there is an effective consent by that person to their being so used.

(3)

This paragraph does not apply to the use of a person’s gametes for the purpose of that person, or that person and another together, receiving treatment services.

Annotations

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 para. 5 inserted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 3 para. 8; S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(w)

Commencement

I1

Schedule 3 para. 5 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)

Notes on Schedule 3

Textual amendments

F1

Words in Sch. 3 heading substituted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 3 para. 2; S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(w)

Modifications

C1

Sch. 3 modified (10.5.2024) by The Health and Care Act 2022 (Storage of Gametes and Embryos) (Transitional Provision) Regulations 2024 (S.I. 2024/625), regs. 1(1), 2, 3

Commencement

I1

Schedule 3 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)