SCHEDULES

SCHEDULE 17Storage of gametes and embryos

PART 2Transitional provision

Date of first storage

11(1)This paragraph applies if the person storing gametes or an embyro under a pre-commencement gamete or embryo storage licence—

(a)has, before the end of the transitional period, taken all reasonable steps to establish the date on which the gametes were or embryo was first placed in storage, but

(b)is unable to establish that date.

(2)The person may give a notice to each person whose consent to the storage is required under Schedule 3 to the 1990 Act specifying a date on which the gametes are or embryo is to be regarded as having been first placed in storage.

(3)Where notice is given under sub-paragraph (2), the gametes are or embryo is to be regarded, for all purposes of the 1990 Act and this Part of this Schedule, as having been first placed in storage on the date specified in the notice.