Mitochondrial donation

35AMitochondrial donation

1

Regulations may provide for any of the relevant provisions to have effect subject to specified modifications in relation to cases where—

a

an egg which is a permitted egg for the purposes of section 3(2) by virtue of regulations made under section 3ZA(5), or

b

an embryo which is a permitted embryo for those purposes by virtue of such regulations,

has been created from material provided by two women.

2

In this section “the relevant provisions” means—

a

the following provisions of this Act—

i

section 13(6C) (information whose provision to prospective parents is required by licence condition),

ii

section 31 (register of information),

iii

sections 31ZA to 31ZE (provision of information), and

iv

Schedule 3 (consents to use or storage of gametes, embryos or human admixed embryos etc.), and

b

section 54 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (parental orders).