Citation, commencement and interpretation
1.—(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Parental Orders (Human Fertilisation and Embryology) (Scotland) Regulations 1994 and shall come into force on 1st November 1994.
(2) In these Regulations unless the context otherwise requires–
“the 1990 Act” means the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990;
“the 1978 Act” means the Adoption (Scotland) Act 1978(1);
“husband” and “wife” have the same meaning respectively as in section 30 of the 1990 Act;
“parental order” means an order under section 30 of the 1990 Act.
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