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  "url": "https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-act-2008/schedule-2/paragraph-4",
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  "legislation": "ukpga/2008/22",
  "legislation_title": "Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008",
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  "number": "4",
  "heading": null,
  "text": "In paragraph 1A (licences for non-medical fertility services) after sub-paragraph (1) insert—\n“(1A) A licence under this paragraph cannot authorise the procurement or distribution of sperm to which there has been applied any process designed to secure that any resulting child will be of one sex rather than the other.”",
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  "attribution": "Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: legislation.gov.uk, The National Archives."
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