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					<dc:identifier>http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C</dc:identifier><dc:title>Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990</dc:title><dc:description>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.</dc:description><dc:date>1990-11-01</dc:date><dc:type>text</dc:type><dc:format>text/xml</dc:format><dc:language>en</dc:language><dc:publisher>Statute Law Database</dc:publisher><dc:modified>2024-12-19</dc:modified><dc:contributor>Expert Participation</dc:contributor><dct:valid>2024-11-28</dct:valid>
					
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RestrictStartDate="2024-05-10"><Title> Licence conditions</Title><P1group RestrictStartDate="2020-12-31"><Title><Addition ChangeId="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c-1526916188265" CommentaryRef="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c"><Substitution ChangeId="key-3ade770e4aa5ea73771ce8a9cbf6204e-1629188620377" CommentaryRef="key-3ade770e4aa5ea73771ce8a9cbf6204e">Third country premises and third country suppliers: report of inspections etc: Northern Ireland</Substitution></Addition></Title><P1 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C" id="section-15C"><Pnumber PuncAfter=""><Addition ChangeId="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c-1526916188265" CommentaryRef="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c">15C</Addition></Pnumber><P1para><P2 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C/1" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C/1" id="section-15C-1"><Pnumber><Addition ChangeId="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c-1526916188265" CommentaryRef="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c">1</Addition></Pnumber><P2para><Text> <Addition ChangeId="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c-1526916188265" CommentaryRef="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c"><Substitution ChangeId="key-7eef91b25ba1e121647b21e5f87c08a2-1629706901844" CommentaryRef="key-7eef91b25ba1e121647b21e5f87c08a2">This section applies in relation to Northern Ireland where the European Commission or a competent authority in an EEA state</Substitution></Addition><Addition ChangeId="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c-1526916188265" CommentaryRef="key-770c599013103d64f33beba052a1012c">  requests the Authority to provide it with—</Addition></Text><P3 DocumentURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C/1/a" IdURI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/1990/37/section/15C/1/a" id="section-15C-1-a"><Pnumber><Addition 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Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) Regulations 2018 (S.I. 2018/334)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0lc30uw3-00144" id="c0lc30uw3-00145" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/334/regulation/1/3" SectionRef="regulation-1-3">regs. 1(3)</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef CitationRef="c0lc30uw3-00144" id="c0lc30uw3-00146" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2018/334/regulation/5/2" SectionRef="regulation-5-2" Operative="true">5(2)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-3ade770e4aa5ea73771ce8a9cbf6204e" Type="F"><Para><Text>S. 15C heading substituted (31.12.2020) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/482" id="d9e4" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="482">S.I. 2019/482</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cc146085641302" CitationRef="d9e4" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/482/regulation/2/11/a" Operative="true" SectionRef="regulation-2-11-a">reg. 2(11)(a)</CitationSubRef> (as substituted by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1307" id="d9e10" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1307" Title="The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020">The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020 (S.I. 2020/1307)</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cc171638724309" CitationRef="d9e10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1307/regulation/1" SectionRef="regulation-1">regs. 1</CitationSubRef>, <CitationSubRef id="cc141331254817" CitationRef="d9e10" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1307/regulation/12" Operative="true" SectionRef="regulation-12">12</CitationSubRef>); <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1" id="d9e20" Year="2020" Class="UnitedKingdomPublicGeneralAct" Number="1">2020 c. 1</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cc109882527797" CitationRef="d9e20" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/ukpga/2020/1/schedule/5/paragraph/1/1" Operative="true" SectionRef="schedule-5-paragraph-1-1">Sch. 5 para. 1(1)</CitationSubRef></Text></Para></Commentary><Commentary id="key-7eef91b25ba1e121647b21e5f87c08a2" Type="F"><Para><Text>Words in s. 15C(1) substituted (31.12.2020) by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/482" id="d9e5" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2019" Number="482">S.I. 2019/482</Citation>, <CitationSubRef id="cc114247923654" CitationRef="d9e5" URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2019/482/regulation/2/11/b" Operative="true" SectionRef="regulation-2-11-b">reg. 2(11)(b)</CitationSubRef> (as substituted by <Citation URI="http://www.legislation.gov.uk/id/uksi/2020/1307" id="d9e11" Class="UnitedKingdomStatutoryInstrument" Year="2020" Number="1307" Title="The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020">The Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Amendment) (EU Exit) 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