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HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ORDINANCE “artificial insemination” (人工授精) means a procedure under which sperm are introduced into the vagina or uterus of a woman otherwise than by sexual intercourse;

“authorized person” (獲授權人士) means—
 * (a) a member of the Council or of a committee; or
 * (b) a designated public officer;

“code” (守則) means a code of practice prepared and maintained under section 8, as in force from time to time;

“code of practice” (實務守則) includes—
 * (a) a standard;
 * (b) a specification; and
 * (c) any other documentary form of practical guidance;

“committee” (委員會) means a committee established under section 6(1) or a provision of Schedule 1;

“Council” (管理局) means the Council on Human Reproductive Technology established under section 4(1);

“designated public officer” (指定公職人員) means a public officer, or a public officer belonging to a class of public officer, designated in a notice under subsection (10);

“embryo research” (胚胎研究)—
 * (a) means any research involving the creation, use or manipulation of an embryo, whether or not the embryo is to be implanted into the body of a woman;
 * (b) includes a procedure specified in a notice under subsection (2)(a)(i) to be embryo research;
 * (c) excludes a procedure specified in a notice under subsection (2)(b)(i) not to be embryo research;

“function” (職能) includes a duty;

“in vitro fertilization” (體外受精)—
 * (a) means the fertilization of an egg by sperm outside the human body, whether or not the egg was originally removed from the body of that or any other woman;
 * (b) includes any procedure involving the induction or aspiration of an egg, or the culture of an egg for the purposes of any such fertilization;

“licence” (牌照) means a licence granted under section 23(1)(a);

“licensee” (持牌人), in relation to a licence, means the holder of the licence;

“negotiate” (商議), in relation to a surrogacy arrangement, includes any bid or offer in relation to the arrangement;

“notice” (公告、通知) means notice in writing;

“payment” (付款) means payment in money or money’s worth but does not include any payment for defraying or reimbursing—