Schedule 7
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Bill [Lords]
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Amendment proposed: No. 105, in schedule 7, page 99, line 24, at end insert—
‘2A In section 7 of the 1990 Act (reports to Secretary of State) for subsection (1) substitute—
“(1) The Authority shall prepare—
(a) a report for the period beginning with the 1 August preceding the relevant commencement date (or if that date is a 1 August, beginning with that date) and ending with the next 31 March, and
(b) a report for each succeeding period of 12 months ending with 31 March.
(1A) In subsection (1)(a) “the relevant commencement date” means the day on which paragraph 2A of Schedule 7 to the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 2008 comes into force.
(1B) The Authority shall send each report to the Secretary of State as soon as practicable after the end of the period for which it is prepared.”’.—[Dawn Primarolo.]