Consent for Use of Human Reproductive Material and In Vitro Embryos Regulations

10 (1) Subject to section 15, in this Part, donor means the following individual or individuals for whose reproductive use an in vitro embryo is created:

• (a) the individual who has no spouse or common-law partner at the time the in vitro embryo is created, regardless of the source of the human reproductive material used to create the embryo; or

• (b) subject to subsection (3), the couple who are spouses or common-law partners at the time the in vitro embryo is created, regardless of the source of the human reproductive material used to create the embryo.

(2) If the donor is a couple, the in vitro embryo shall be used only for the purposes to which both spouses or common-law partners have consented.

(3) In the case of an in vitro embryo created using human reproductive material from only one of the individuals in the couple that was the donor of the embryo at the time it was created, that individual becomes the donor of the embryo under paragraph (1)(a) if, before the use of the embryo, the individual is no longer a spouse or common-law partner in the couple.