Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2007
4BReferences to “donated gametes” and “donated embryos”
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4B References to “donated gametes” and “donated embryos”
4B References to “donated gametes” and “donated embryos”
(1) A reference in this Act to a donated gamete—
(a) is a reference to a gamete donated by a gamete provider for use by a person other than the gamete provider or the gamete provider’s spouse, and
(b) includes a reference to a gamete used to create a donated embryo (whether or not the gamete was originally obtained from the gamete provider as a donated gamete and whether or not the embryo was originally created for use as a donated embryo).
(2) A reference in this Act to a donated embryo is a reference to an embryo donated after its creation for use by a person who is not—
(a) one of the gamete providers from whom the gametes used to create the embryo were obtained, or
(b) the spouse of one of those gamete providers.
s 4B: Ins 2018 No 73, Sch 1 [4].