LegalizeThe Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2014
Made: 29th October 2014
Laid before Parliament: 7th November 2014
Coming into force: 15th December 2014
The Secretary of State makes these Regulations in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2(2) of the European Communities Act 1972.
Citation and commencement
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These Regulations may be cited as the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2014 and come into force on 15th December 2014.
Amendment of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
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In section 1A of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990^f00003, in the definition of “the second Directive”, after “cells,” insert “as amended by Commission Directive 2012/39/EU[^f00004],”.
Signed
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health.
Jane Ellison — Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, — Department of Health — 29th October 2014
Explanatory note
(This note is not part of the Regulations)
EXPLANATORY NOTE
These Regulations amend the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 (“the 1990 Act”) in order to transpose Commission Directive 2012/39/EU of 26 November 2012 amending Directive 2006/17/EC as regards certain technical requirements for the testing of human tissues and cells (“the Amending Directive”).
Regulation 2 amends the definition of “the second Directive” (Directive 2006/17/EC) in section 1A of the 1990 Act to include the changes brought about by the Amending Directive.
A full impact assessment of the effect that this instrument will have on the costs of business and the voluntary sector is available from the Department of Health, Richmond House, 79 Whitehall, London SW1A 2NS and is published with the Explanatory Memorandum alongside the instrument on www.legislation.gov.uk.
Footnotes
[^f00001]: S.I. 2004/3037.
[^f00002]: 1972 c.68.
[^f00003]: 1990 c.37. Section 1A was inserted by regulation 5 of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology (Quality and Safety) Regulations 2007 (S.I. 2007/1522).
[^f00004]: OJ No L 327, 27.11.2012, p24.
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