[F131 Register of informationU.K.
(1)The Authority shall keep a register which is to contain any information which falls within subsection (2) and which—
(a)immediately before the coming into force of section 24 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008, was contained in the register kept under this section by the Authority, or
(b)is obtained by the Authority.
(2)Subject to subsection (3), information falls within this subsection if it relates to—
(a)the provision for any identifiable individual of treatment services other than basic partner treatment services,
(b)the procurement or distribution of any sperm, other than sperm which is partner-donated sperm and has not been stored, in the course of providing non-medical fertility services for any identifiable individual,
(c)the keeping of the gametes of any identifiable individual or of an embryo taken from any identifiable woman,
(d)the use of the gametes of any identifiable individual other than their use for the purpose of basic partner treatment services, or
(e)the use of an embryo taken from any identifiable woman,
or if it shows that any identifiable individual is a relevant individual.
(3)Information does not fall within subsection (2) if it is provided to the Authority for the purposes of any voluntary contact register as defined by section 31ZF(1).
(4)In this section “relevant individual” means an individual who was or may have been born in consequence of—
(a)treatment services, other than basic partner treatment services, or
(b)the procurement or distribution of any sperm (other than partner-donated sperm which has not been stored) in the course of providing non-medical fertility services.]
Textual Amendments
F1Ss. 31-31ZG substituted for s. 31 (6.4.2009 for specified purposes, 1.10.2009 for remaining purposes) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), ss. 24, 68(2); S.I. 2009/479, art. 5(d)(h) (with art. 7 Sch.); S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(k); for savings see S.I. 2009/1892, art. 1(1)(b), Sch. 4 para. 13