SCHEDULES
I1SCHEDULE 2 Activities for which licences may be granted
F1Purposes for which activities may be licensed under paragraph 3
Sch. 2 paras. 3, 3A and cross-headings substituted for Sch. 2 para. 3 (1.10.2009) by Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 (c. 22), s. 68(2), Sch. 2 para. 6; S.I. 2009/2232, art. 2(v)
3A
1
A licence under paragraph 3 cannot authorise any activity unless the activity appears to the Authority—
a
to be necessary or desirable for any of the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2) (“the principal purposes”),
b
to be necessary or desirable for the purpose of providing knowledge that, in the view of the Authority, may be capable of being applied for the purposes specified in sub-paragraph (2)(a) or (b), or
c
to be necessary or desirable for such other purposes as may be specified in regulations.
2
The principal purposes are—
a
increasing knowledge about serious disease or other serious medical conditions,
b
developing treatments for serious disease or other serious medical conditions,
c
increasing knowledge about the causes of any congenital disease or congenital medical condition that does not fall within paragraph (a),
d
promoting advances in the treatment of infertility,
e
increasing knowledge about the causes of miscarriage,
f
developing more effective techniques of contraception,
g
developing methods for detecting the presence of gene, chromosome or mitochondrion abnormalities in embryos before implantation, or
h
increasing knowledge about the development of embryos.
Schedule 2 wholly in force at 1.8.1991 see s. 49(2) and S.I. 1991/1400, art. 2(2)