The Abortion (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008

• Citation: S.I. 2008/1338 (W.)
• Sections: 4

Section 1 Title, commencement, application and interpretation

(1) The title of these Regulations is the Abortion (Amendment) (Wales) Regulations 2008 and they come into force on 17 June 2008.

(2) These Regulations apply in relation to Wales.

(3) In these Regulations “the principal Regulations ” (“ y prif Reoliadau ”) means the Abortion Regulations 1991 .

Section 2 Amendment of regulation 2 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 2 (interpretation) of the principal Regulations, insert the following definitions in the appropriate place in the alphabetical order—

“the Statistics Board” means the Statistics Board established under section 1 of the Statistics and Registration Service Act 2007 ;

“the Chief Medical Officer for Wales” means the Chief Medical Officer to the Welsh Assembly Government;

Section 3 Amendment of Regulation 4 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 4(2)(b) (which relates to notice of termination and information relating to the termination) of the principal Regulations, for “National Assembly for Wales” substitute “Welsh Assembly Government”.

Section 4 Amendment of regulation 5 of the principal Regulations

In regulation 5 (restriction on disclosure of information) of the principal Regulations —

(a) in paragraph (a)(i), for “the National Assembly for Wales” substitute “the Welsh Assembly Government”;

(b) for paragraph (a)(ii) substitute—

(ii) to the chairman of the Statistics Board or a member of the Statistics Board’s staff who has been duly authorised by the chairman.