1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st November 1994.
(2) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires—
“the 1990 Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;
“the 1976 Act” means the Adoption Act 1976(1) and references to sections are to sections of the 1976 Act;
“the Order” means the Adoption (Northern Ireland) Order 1987(2) and references to articles are to articles of the Order;
“parental order” means an order under section 30 of the 1990 Act (parental orders in favour of gamete donors) providing for a child to be treated in law as a child of the parties to a marriage.
(3) These Regulations extend to England and Wales and Northern Ireland.
S.I. 1987 No. 2203 (N.I. 22). Articles 2, 54 and 66 have been amended by Schedule 1 to the Health and Personal Social Services (Northern Ireland) Order 1994 (1994 No. 429 (N.I. 2)).