The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (Licence Committees and Appeals) Regulations 1991

PART I General

Citation and commencement

1.  These Regulations may be cited as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (Licence Committees and Appeals) Regulations 1991 and shall come into force on 29th August 1991.

Interpretation

2.  In these Regulations–

• the “Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, and

• “application”, except where the context otherwise requires, means an application to the Authority(1) for a licence(2) or for revocation or variation of a licence, and “applicant” is to be construed accordingly.

General

3.  Subject to the provisions of the Act and of these Regulations, the Authority may regulate its own proceedings.

(1)

The “Authority” is the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority established under section 5 of the Act on 7th November 1990 (S.I. 1990/2165): see section 2(1) of the Act.

(2)

A “licence” is a licence under Schedule 2 to the Act: see section 2(1) of the Act.