Read the Following Sections

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.