(h)“gamete donor ” means a person who provides sperm or oocyte with the objective of
enabling an infertile couple or woman to have a child;
(i)“gynaecologist ” shall have the same meaning as assigned to it in the Pre -conception and
Pre-natal Diagnostic Techniques (Prohibition of Sex Selection) Act, 1994 (57 of 1994 );
(j)“infertility” means the inability to conceive after one year of unprotected coitus or
other proven medical condition preventing a couple from conception;
(k)“National Board ” means the National Assisted Reproducti ve Technology and Surrogacy
Board to be constituted under sub -section ( 1) of section 1 7 of the Surrogacy Act;
(l)“National Registry ” means the National Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy
Registry established under section 9;
(m)“notification ” means a notification published in the Official Gazette;
(n)“patients ” means an individual or couple who comes to any registered assisted
reproductive technology clinic for management of infertility;
(o)“prescribed ” means prescribed by rules made under this Act;
(p)“appropriate authority ” means the authority appointed under section 12;
(q)“regulations” means the regulations made by the National Board under this Act;
(s)“State Board ” means a State Assisted Reproductive Technology and Surrogacy Board to
be constituted under section 2 6 of the Surrogacy Act;
(t)“Surrogacy Act ” means the Surrogacy (Regulation) Act, 2021; and
(u)“woman ” means any woman above the age of twenty -one years who approaches an
assisted reproductive technology clinic or assisted reproductive technology bank for obtaining the
authorised services of the clinic or bank.
(2)The expressions “clinics ” and “banks ” occurring in this Act shall be construed as “assisted
reproductive technology clinics ” and “assisted reproductive technology banks ”.
(3)Words and expressions used herein and not defined in this Act but defined in the Surrogacy
(Regulation) Act shall have th e meanings respectively assigned to them in that Act.