HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY
ORDINANCE
- (a) the cost of removing, transporting or storing an embryo or gamete to be supplied;
- (b) any expenses or loss of earnings incurred by a person and attributable to the person supplying an embryo or gamete from the person’s body;
- (c) in the case of a surrogacy arrangement, any expenses incurred by the surrogate mother for—
- (i) any reproductive technology procedure; or
- (ii) bona fide medical expenses arising from pregnancy and delivery of a child born pursuant to the arrangement;
“person responsible” (負責人), in relation to a licence, means the individual specified in the licence as the individual under whose supervision the activities authorized by the licence shall be carried on;
“practicable” (切實可行) means reasonably practicable;
“Register A” (甲登記冊) means the register kept and maintained under section 33(1);
“relevant activity” (有關活動) means an activity which consists of or involves—
- (a) the provision of a reproductive technology procedure;
- (b) the conducting of embryo research; or
- (c) the handling, storing or disposing of a gamete or embryo used or intended to be used in connection with a reproductive technology procedure or embryo research;
“reproductive technology procedure” (生殖科技程序) means a medical, surgical, obstetric or other procedure (whether or not it is provided to the public or a section of the public) assisting or otherwise bringing about human reproduction by artificial means, and includes—
- (a) in vitro fertilization;
- (b) artificial insemination;
- (c) the obtaining of gametes;
- (d) manipulation of embryos or gametes outside the body;
- (e) a procedure specified in a notice under subsection (2)(a)(ii) to be a reproductive technology procedure; and
- (f) a gender selection achieved or intended to be achieved by means of a procedure which falls within this definition,
but excludes a procedure specified in a notice under subsection (2)(b)(ii) not to be a reproductive technology procedure;
“surrogacy arrangement” (代母安排) means an arrangement by virtue of which a woman to whom it relates would be a surrogate mother were she to carry a child pursuant to the arrangement;
“surrogate mother” (代母) means a woman who carries a child—
- (a) pursuant to an arrangement—
- (i) made before she began to carry the child; and