# The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Research Purposes) Regulations 2001, Regulation 2: Further purposes for which research licences may be authorised


(1) The Authority may issue a licence for research under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act for any of the purposes specified in the following paragraph.
(2) A licence may be issued for the purposes of—
(a) increasing knowledge about the development of embryos;
(b) increasing knowledge about serious disease, or
(c) enabling any such knowledge to be applied in developing treatments for serious disease.

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Source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2001/188/regulation/2 (the official version)
Page: https://openlegislation.uk/human-fertilisation-and-embryology-research-purposes-regulations-2001/regulation-2
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