Further purposes for which research licences may be authorised

2.—(1) The Authority may issue a licence for research under paragraph 3 of Schedule 2 to the Act for any of the purposes specified in the following paragraph.

(2) A licence may be issued for the purposes of—

(a) increasing knowledge about the development of embryos;

(b) increasing knowledge about serious disease, or

(c) enabling any such knowledge to be applied in developing treatments for serious disease.