The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020

Amendment of regulation 2(3)

4.  In regulation 2(3)—

(a) for sub-paragraph (a)(i) substitute—

“(i) in the definition of “competent authority” omit “other than the United Kingdom or in relation to Gibraltar”;”;

(b) in sub-paragraph (a)(ii), in the inserted definition of “tissue establishment”, for “tissues and cells” substitute “gametes or embryos”;

(c) for sub-paragraph (b) substitute—

“(b) for subsection (2B) substitute—

“(2B) Any reference in this Act to a requirement of a provision of the first, second, third or fourth Directive—

(a) in the application of this Act in relation to Great Britain, is to be read as a reference to a requirement which that provision would require to be imposed if the provision formed part of the law of England and Wales or Scotland, and

(b) in the application of this Act in relation to Northern Ireland, is to be read as a reference to a requirement which that provision requires to be imposed.”.”.