The Abortion (Amendment) (England) Regulations 2002

Amendment of regulation 3

3.  For regulation 3(1) of the principal Regulations (certificate of opinion) substitute—

“3.— (1) Any opinion to which section 1 of the Act refers shall be certified—

(a) in the case of a pregnancy terminated in accordance with section 1(1) of the Act, either—

(i) in the form set out in Part I of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; or

(ii) in a certificate signed and dated by both practitioners jointly or in separate certificates signed and dated by each practitioner stating:—

(a) the full name and address of each practitioner;

(b) the full name and address of the pregnant woman;

(c) whether or not each practitioner has seen or examined, or seen and examined, the pregnant woman; and

(d) that each practitioner is of the opinion formed in good faith that at least one and the same ground mentioned in paragraph (a) to (d) of section 1(1) of the Act is fulfilled.

(b) in the case of a pregnancy terminated in accordance with section 1(4) of the Act, either—

(i) in the form set out in Part II of Schedule 1 to these Regulations; or

(ii) in a certificate giving the full name and address of the practitioner and containing the full name and address of the pregnant woman and stating that the practitioner is of the opinion formed in good faith that one of the grounds mentioned in section 1(4) of the Act is fulfilled.”.