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Regulation 1 Citation, commencement and interpretation

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(1)

These Regulations may be cited as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Statutory Storage Period for Embryos) Regulations 1996 and shall come into force on 1st May 1996.

(2)

In these Regulations—

  • “the Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;

  • “the relevant date” is either 1st August 1991 or the date on which the embryo in question is first placed in storage, whichever is the later;

  • “the relevant persons” means the two persons whose gametes are used to bring about the creation of an embryo; and

  • “the woman being treated” means the woman in whom, at the relevant date, it is intended that such an embryo may be placed, whether or not she is one of the relevant persons.