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This is a draft item of legislation. This draft has since been made as a UK Statutory Instrument: The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007 No. 1522
8. In section 3 (prohibitions in connection with embryos), for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) No person shall bring about the creation of an embryo except in pursuance of a licence.
(1A) No person shall keep or use an embryo except—
(a)in pursuance of a licence, or
(b)in the case of—
(i)the keeping, without storage, of an embryo intended for human application, or
(ii)the processing, without storage, of such an embryo,
in pursuance of a third party agreement.
(1B) No person shall procure or distribute an embryo intended for human application except in pursuance of a licence or a third party agreement.”.
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