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ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2024 - SECT 8
Meaning of gamete and embryo
(1) A
"gamete" is a human sperm or human egg, and includes— (a) any human cell
that has resulted from a process of meiosis; and
(b) any tissue containing
the cell.
(2) An
"embryo" is a discrete entity that— (a) has arisen from either— (i) the
first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm is
complete; or
(ii) any other process that initiates organised development of a
biological entity with a human nuclear genome or an altered human nuclear
genome that has the potential to develop up to, or beyond, the stage at which
the primitive streak appears; and
(b) has not yet reached 8 weeks of
development since the first mitotic division.
(3) In working out the length
of the period of development of an embryo for subsection (2) (b) , any period
when the development of the embryo is suspended is to be disregarded.
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