Health (Assisted Human Reproduction) Act 2024
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Operation of Chapter and section 151 before establishment day, etc. | ||
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215. (1) A reference in this Chapter (other than in subsection (3)) to the AHRRA shall, before the establishment day, be construed as a reference to the Minister. | ||
(2) The Minister may, before the establishment day and for the purposes of specifying the form of documents required for the purposes of this Chapter, exercise the AHRRA’s power under section 151 as if a reference in that section to the AHRRA were a reference to the Minister. | ||
(3) (a) A reference in this Chapter to the National Surrogacy Register shall, before the establishment day, be construed as a reference to a register (in this subsection referred to as the “interim register”) established and maintained by the Minister for the purposes of making entries in the interim register, before the establishment day, required by the provisions of this Chapter that would, if this section had commenced on the establishment day, be required to be made in the National Surrogacy Register. | ||
(b) The Minister shall, as soon as is practicable on or after the establishment day, give the interim register to the AHRRA. | ||
(c) The AHRRA shall, as soon as is practicable after it is given the interim register, transpose the entries in the interim register from that register to the National Surrogacy Register in such manner as the AHRRA thinks fit. |