PART 4Transitional provision
Transitional provision
4.—(1) For a period of six months beginning with exit day, the requirements of the provisions listed in paragraph (2) do not apply to—
(a)an import of gametes or embryos into the United Kingdom from an EEA state or Gibraltar; or
(b)an export of gametes or embryos from the United Kingdom into an EEA state or Gibraltar,
provided that the Authority is satisfied that the import or, as the case may be, export, meets requirements of traceability and standards of quality and safety equivalent to those laid down in the Act.
(2) The provisions referred to in paragraph (1) are—
(a)subsections (4A) to (4AD) of section 24 of the Act;
(b)Schedule 3AA to the Act.
(3) In this regulation—
(a)“the Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (as amended by these Regulations); and
(b)the terms “the Authority”, “embryo”, “gamete” and “traceability” have the same meanings as they have in the Act.