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Objectives and Functions

The major functions of the Council on Human Reproductive Technology include:

1. to keep under review information about:
   1. embryos and any subsequent development of embryos;
   2. relevant activities*; and
   3. surrogacy arrangements, and advise the Secretary for Health, if the Secretary asks it to do so, about those matters;
2. to regulate and issue licences on reproductive technology (RT) procedures and relevant activities;
3. to publish or otherwise make available lists of licensed premises and relevant statistics and summaries concerning RT activities which have been carried on by the centres; and
4. to provide general information about RT to service providers and the public.

*Relevant activities include:

• the provision of a RT procedure (i.e. 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.)
• the conducting of embryo research; or
• 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.

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