Read the Following Sections

question 6

Multiple Choice

Read the following sections.
Abortion Act 1967
5 (1) Nothing in this Act shall affect the provisions of the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 (protecting the life of the viable foetus) .
Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929
1 (2) For the purposes of this Act, evidence that a woman had at any material time been pregnant for a period of twenty-eight weeks or more shall be prima facie proof that she was at that time pregnant of a child capable of being born alive.
Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990
Abortion
37 (4) For section 5(1) of that Act (the Abortion Act 1967) there is substituted -
'(1 No offence under the Infant Life (Preservation) Act 1929 shall be committed by a registered medical practitioner who terminates a pregnancy in accordance with the provisions of this Act.'
What is the effect of s 37(4) of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act 1990 on the Abortion Act?

• A) It has no effect.
• B) It amends the Abortion Act. Under s 5(1), Abortion Act s 1(2) of the Infant Life Preservation Act was still applicable, but s 37(4) provides that this provision is no longer to be read into the Abortion Act.
• C) It amends the Abortion Act so that the Infant Life Preservation Act 1929 can be read into the Abortion Act.

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