HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 27

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 27

27 .         Licences, and person responsible

        (1)         On application under section 29 the CEO, having referred the matter to and had regard to any advice received from the Council, may grant —

            (a)         a storage licence; or

            (b)         a practice licence; or

            (c)         both a storage licence and a practice licence; or

            (d)         an exemption under section 28 or 28A,

                to a person, or to a body of persons (whether or not incorporated) who practise together.

        (2)         In accordance with its terms a storage licence may authorise the licensee to carry out any procedure related to —

            (a)         the storage of —

                  (i)         any human egg intended for use in an in vitro fertilisation procedure; or

                  (ii)         any human embryo; or

                  (iii)         any human egg undergoing fertilisation;

                and

            (b)         the keeping of human sperm, having been obtained from different men; and

            (c)         any project of research related to such storage and approved under section 20.

        (3)         In accordance with its terms a practice licence may authorise the licensee to carry out any artificial fertilisation procedure, not being a storage procedure, and any project of research approved under section 20.

        (4)         A licence —

            (a)         shall be granted in a form approved by the CEO specifying —

                  (i)         the kind or kinds of licence granted; and

                  (ii)         any particular condition imposed specifically on that licence or the respective licences, or in substitution for a condition which would otherwise apply; and

                  (iii)         the conditions set out in the Code which apply to a licence of that kind, and any particular modifications to the text of those conditions which are to apply to that licence; and

                  (iv)         such other terms or matters as may be set out in the Rules or directions and are to apply; and

                  (v)         the licence supervisor; and

                  (vi)         the premises to which the licence relates;

                and

            (b)         continues in force, unless the operation of that licence is suspended or the licence is cancelled, for a period of 5 years or such shorter period as may be specified in that licence; and

            (c)         may be varied, in accordance with this Act, as to its terms and conditions during that period,

                but is not capable of being transferred by or on behalf of the licensee.

        [Section 27 amended: No. 17 of 2004 s. 21; No. 28 of 2006 s. 270.]