Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990

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Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom UK statute

The Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 is a key UK law that regulates assisted reproductive technologies and embryo research, establishing the legal framework for fertility treatment and related ethical oversight.

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Label	Occurrences
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 canonical	4

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom ⓘ UK statute ⓘ
amendedBy	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 ⓘ Human Reproductive Cloning Act 2001 ⓘ
appliesTo	licensed embryo research centres in the UK ⓘ licensed fertility clinics in the UK ⓘ
citation	1990 c. 37 ⓘ
containsProvisionOn	consent requirements for research ⓘ consent requirements for storage ⓘ consent requirements for treatment ⓘ donor anonymity rules ⓘ embryo research time limit ⓘ legal status of embryos outside the human body ⓘ parental status in assisted reproduction ⓘ use of donor gametes ⓘ
country	United Kingdom ⓘ
creates	licensing system for embryo research ⓘ licensing system for fertility clinics ⓘ
createsBody	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority ⓘ
establishes	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority ⓘ statutory code of practice for licensed centres ⓘ
jurisdiction	England and Wales ⓘ Northern Ireland ⓘ Scotland ⓘ
languageOfText	English ⓘ
legalArea	bioethics regulation ⓘ family law ⓘ medical law ⓘ
longTitle	An Act to make provision in connection with human fertilisation and embryology; and for connected purposes ⓘ
parliament	British Parliament ⓘ surface form: Parliament of the United Kingdom
prohibits	commercial trading in gametes and embryos ⓘ keeping or using human embryos without a licence ⓘ placing a human embryo in an animal ⓘ
purpose	to provide ethical oversight of assisted reproduction ⓘ to regulate fertility treatment ⓘ to regulate research involving human embryos ⓘ
regulates	artificial insemination ⓘ assisted reproductive technologies ⓘ embryo research ⓘ in vitro fertilisation ⓘ storage of embryos ⓘ storage of gametes ⓘ
requires	licence for embryo research projects ⓘ licence for fertility treatment using gametes or embryos outside the body ⓘ
royalAssentDate	1990-11-01 ⓘ
setsLimitOn	14-day limit for keeping human embryos in vitro for research ⓘ maximum period for embryo storage ⓘ maximum period for gamete storage ⓘ
shortTitle	Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 self-link ⓘ
yearEnacted	1990 ⓘ

Referenced by (4)

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Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority → legalBasis → Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 ⓘ

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 → amends → Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 ⓘ

Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 → shortTitle → Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 self-link ⓘ

Mary Warnock → influenced → Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 ⓘ