(Except clauses 4, 11, 14 and 23, Schedule 2, and any new Clauses or new Schedules relating to the termination of pregnancy by registered medical practitioners) - Schedule 3
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
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‘Consent in relation to children for storage and use for research
12A (1) The human cells of a person (“the child”) may be used to bring about the creation of an embryo or inter-species embryo in vitro, and any embryo or inter-species embryo so created, used or stored for the purposes of any project of research without the child’s consent if the following conditions are met.
(2) Condition A is that the human cells are lawfully taken from or provided by the child before the child attains the age of 18 years.
(3) Condition B is that, at the time when the human cells are first used, the child is not competent to deal with the issue of consent in relation to either the storage or use of the human cells, embryos or inter-species embryos.
(4) Condition C is that the child does not appear to the person storing or using the human cells, embryos or inter-species embryos to have indicated any objection to such storage or use.
(5) Condition D is that a person who has parental responsibility for the child has given their consent in writing and signed it.
(6) Condition E is that there are reasonable grounds for believing that research of comparable effectiveness cannot be carried out if the project of research for which the human cells, embryos or inter-species embryos are stored or used has to be confined to, or relate only to, persons who have capacity to consent to it.
(7) Condition F is that the research is directed towards a serious medical condition from which the child suffers.
(8) In relation to Scotland, in sub-paragraph (2), for “18” substitute “16”.’.
Amendment No. 8, in schedule 3, page 65, line 7, at end add—
‘12A After paragraph 8 insert—