Statutory Instruments
2008 No. 735
Medical Profession, England
The Abortion (Amendment) Regulations 2008
Made
13th March 2008
Laid before Parliament
19th March 2008
Coming into force
21st April 2008
The Secretary of State for Health makes the following Regulations, in exercise of the powers conferred by section 2 of the Abortion Act 1967( 1 ).
Citation, commencement and application
1. —(1) These Regulations may be cited as the Abortion (Amendment) Regulations 2008 and shall come into force on the 21st April 2008.
(2) These Regulations apply in relation to England only.
Amendment of regulation 5 of the Abortion Regulations
2. In regulation 5 of the Abortion Regulations 1991( 2 ), for sub-paragraph (ii) of paragraph (a) substitute—
“ (ii) to the National Statistician duly appointed under section 5 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 ( 3 ) or an employee of the Statistics Board (established under section 1 of that Act) authorised by the National Statistician ” .
Signed by authority of the Secretary of State for Health
Dawn Primarolo
Minister of State
Department of Health
13th March 2008
1967 c. 87 ; section 2(2) was amended by the Transfer of Functions (Wales) Order 1969 ( S.I.1969/388 ), article 2(2) and Schedule 1, and by the Transfer of Functions (Health and Social Security) Order 1988 ( S.I. 1988/1843 ), article 5(4) and Schedule 3, and by the Scotland Act 1998 (Consequential Modifications) (No.1) Order 1999 ( S.I.1999/1042 ) article 5 and Schedule 3. As regards Wales, the functions of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Act are transferred to the National Assembly for Wales under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to the National Assembly for Wales (Transfer of Functions) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/672 . As regards Scotland, the functions of the Secretary of State under section 2 of the Act are transferred, in so far as they are exercisable in or regards Scotland, to the Scottish Ministers, under article 2 of, and Schedule 1 to the Scotland Act 1998 (Transfer of Functions to the Scottish Ministers etc. ) Order 1999, S.I. 1999/1750 .
S.I. 1991/499 as amended by 2002/887 , 2879 and 3135 .
c.18 .