[Dictionary] Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act (HFE Act)

The UK statute (1990, as amended by the 2008 Act) making it an offence to create, keep, or use a human embryo outside the body -- or to provide licensable fertility treatment -- except under a licence granted by the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority (HFEA). It defines the three licence categories (treatment, storage, research), restricts research licensing to a closed list of purposes in Schedule 2, and fixes the 14-day statutory limit on keeping or using a licensed embryo.