Point in time view as at 15/07/2011.
There are currently no known outstanding effects for the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, Section 4.
(1)No person shall—
(a)store any gametes, or
[F1(b)in the course of providing treatment services for any woman, use—
(i)any sperm, other than partner-donated sperm which has been neither processed nor stored,
(ii)the woman's eggs after processing or storage, or
(iii)the eggs of any other woman,] F2...
F2(c). . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
except in pursuance of a licence.
[F3(1A)No person shall procure, test, process or distribute any gametes intended for human application except in pursuance of a licence or a third party agreement.]
(2)A licence cannot authorise storing or using gametes in any circumstances in which regulations prohibit their storage or use.
(3)No person shall place sperm and eggs in a woman in any circumstances specified in regulations except in pursuance of a licence.
(4)Regulations made by virtue of subsection (3) above may provide that, in relation to licences only to place sperm and eggs in a woman in such circumstances, sections 12 to 22 of this Act shall have effect with such modifications as may be specified in the regulations.
(5)Activities regulated by this section or section 3 [F4or 4A] of this Act are referred to in this Act as “activities governed by this Act”.
Textual Amendments
F1S. 4(1)(b) substituted (25.5.2007 for certain purposes, otherwise 5.7.2007) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1522), regs. 1, 9(2)
F2S. 4(1)(c) and word repealed (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 4(1)(a), 68(2); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(a)
F3S. 4(1A) inserted (25.5.2007 for certain purposes, otherwise 5.7.2007) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1522), regs. 1, 9(3)
F4Words in s. 4(5) inserted (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 4(1)(b), 68(2); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(a)
Commencement Information
I1S. 4 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)
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