Overview
10.The purpose of the Act is to amend the law relating to assisted reproduction treatment and embryo research. The Act amends many of the provisions of the 1990 Act, but the main features of the existing model of regulation are retained.
11.The Act is in three Parts. Part 1 comprises amendments to the 1990 Act, Part 2 makes provision about who is to be treated as the parent of a child who is born, after the coming into force of the Part, as a result of assisted reproduction treatments, and Part 3 makes miscellaneous and general provision.