Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
1990 c. 37
An Act to make provision in connection with human embryos and any subsequent development of such embryos; to prohibit certain
practices in connection with embryos and gametes; to establish a Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority; to make provision about the
persons who in certain circumstances are to be treated in law as the parents of a child; and to amend the Surrogacy Arrangements Act
1985.
[1st November 1990]
Be it enacted by the Queen’s most Excellent Majesty, by and with the advice and consent of the Lords Spiritual and Temporal,
and Commons, in this present Parliament assembled, and by the authority of the same, as follows:—
Act modified (temp.) by S.I. 1991/1400, art.3
Act modified by S.I. 1991/1400, art. 4(3)
Act referred to (S.) (1.4.1997) by S.I. 1997/291, rules 2.45-2.59 (Ch. 2 Pt. VI)
Act applied (with modifications) (1.10.2009) by The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Consequential Amendments and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Order 2009 (S.I. 2009/1892), Sch. 4 paras. 1-12