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32. Voluntary surrender of licence

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 27(4) but subject to this section, a licensee may surrender his licence by lodging it at the office of the Council.

(2) The surrender of a licence under subsection (1) shall not have effect until the licensee is served with a notice by the Council stating that the Council accepts the surrender of the licence subject to such conditions, if any, as the Council thinks fit specified in the notice.

(3) The Council may refuse to accept the surrender of a licence under subsection (1) where the licensee has been served a notice under section 28(2) in relation to the revocation of the licence, or the Council has reasonable grounds to suspect that there are grounds for revoking the licence under section 27, unless and until the Council—

(a) revokes the licence; or

(b) gives notice to the licensee that it will not revoke the licence.

(4) Immediately upon the surrender of a licence under subsection (1) having effect in accordance with subsection (2), the licensee shall cease to be licensed but shall remain liable for—

(a) any act or omission done, caused, permitted or made by him prior to the surrender; and

(b) any liability incurred by him under this Ordinance prior to the surrender.

PART V
Access to Information

33. Register A

(1) Without prejudice to the generality of section 45(1)(a), the Council shall keep and maintain a register which shall contain any information obtained by the Council which falls within subsection (2).

(2) Information falls within this subsection if—

(a) it relates to the provision of a reproductive technology procedure where a child born or intended to be born in consequence of the procedure would not be created from the gametes solely of the parties to a marriage who it is proposed will be the parents of the child; and

(b) the child, any of the parties to the marriage, or any individual whose gametes have been used, or any combination thereof, can be identified from the information.