Citation, commencement and interpretation
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1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Special Exemption) Regulations 2009 and shall come into force on 1st October 2009.
(2) In these Regulations—
“the Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990, and
“embryo” and “gametes” have the same meaning as they have by virtue of section 1(1), (4) and (6) of the Act in the other provisions of the Act (apart from section 4A)(1).
(1)
Subsections (1) and (4) of section 1 were substituted by subsections (2) and (4) of section 1 of the 2008 Act. Subsection (6) of section 1 was inserted by subsection (5) of section 1 of the 2008 Act.