60Exclusion of embryos from definition of “organism” in Part 6 of the EPA 1990U.K.
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(1)Section 106 of the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (c. 43) (meaning of “genetically modified organisms” etc.) is amended as follows.
(2)In subsection (2), for “or human embryos” substitute “ , human embryos or human admixed embryos ”.
(3)After subsection (3) insert—
“(3A)For the purposes of subsection (2) above—
(a)“human embryo” means an embryo within the meaning given in the provisions of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (apart from section 4A) by virtue of section 1(1) and (6) of that Act, and
(b)“human admixed embryo” has the same meaning as it has in that Act by virtue of section 4A(6) and (11) of that Act.”