Section 53 “Relevant material”I1 I2 I3 I4 I5 I6

England, Wales and Northern Ireland

(1)

In this Act, “relevant material” means material, other than gametes, which consists of or includes human cells.

(2)

In this Act, references to relevant material from a human body do not include—

(a)

embryos outside the human body, or

(b)

hair and nail from the body of a living person.

Annotations

I1: S. 53 in force at 1.4.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/919, art. 3, Sch. (with art. 2)
I2: S. 53 in force at 20.10.2005 for specified purposes by S.I. 2005/2792, art. 2(2)(j)
I3: S. 53 in force at 1.3.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 2(3)(4), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)
I4: S. 53 in force at 7.4.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/404, art. 3(3), Sch. (with arts. 4-6)
I5: S. 53 in force at 31.7.2006 for specified purposes by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 2, Sch. (with art. 4)
I6: S. 53 in force at 1.9.2006 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2006/1997, art. 3(2) (with arts. 4, 7, 8)