Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts

HUMAN CLONING AND EMBRYO RESEARCH ACT 2004

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Name of Act  
   2.      Dictionary  
   3.      Notes  
   4.      Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc  
   5.      Object of Act  
   6.      Meaning of human embryo—Act  
   7.      Meaning of human embryo clone  

   PART 2--PROHIBITED PRACTICES

           Division 2.1--Practices that are completely prohibited

   8.      Offence—placing human embryo clone in human body or body of an animal  
   9.      No defence that human embryo clone could not survive  
   10.     Offence—creating human embryo for purpose other than achieving pregnancy in  
   11.     Offence—creating or developing human embryo by fertilisation that contains genetic material  
   12.     Offence—developing human embryo outside body of woman for more than 14 days  
   13.     Offence—heritable alterations to genome  
   14.     Offence—collecting viable human embryo from body of woman  
   15.     Offence—creating chimeric embryo  
   16.     Offence—developing hybrid embryo  
   17.     Offence—placing of embryo  
   18.     Offence—importing, exporting or placing prohibited embryo  
   19.     Offence—commercial trading in human eggs, human sperm or human embryos  

           Division 2.2--Practices that are prohibited unless authorised by licence

   20.     Offence—creating human embryo other than by fertilisation, or developing embryo  
   21.     Offence—creating or developing human embryo containing genetic material provided by more than  
   22.     Offence—using precursor cells from human embryo or human foetus to create human embryo, or  
   22A.    Offence—creating hybrid embryo  

   PART 3--REGULATION OF THE USE OF EXCESS ART EMBRYOS, OTHER EMBRYOS AND HUMAN EGGS

           Division 3.1--Interpretation for pt 3

   23.     Definitions for pt 3  
   24.     Meaning of excess ART embryo  

           Division 3.2--Offences

   25.     Offence—use of excess ART embryo  
   25A.    Offence—use of other embryos  
   25B.    Offence—certain activities involving use of human eggs  
   26.     Offence—use of embryo that is not excess ART embryo  
   27.     Offence—breaching licence condition  
   27A.    Person not liable for conduct purportedly authorised  

           Division 3.3--Embryo research licensing committee of NHMRC

   28.     Functions of committee  

           Division 3.4--Licensing system

   29.     Person may apply for licence  
   30.     Committee decision on application  
   31.     Notification of decision  
   32.     Period of licence  
   33.     Licence is subject to conditions  
   34.     Variation of licence  
   35.     Suspension or revocation of licence  
   36.     Surrender of licence  
   37.     Notice of variation, suspension or revocation of licence  

           Division 3.5--Reporting and confidentiality

   38.     NHMRC licensing committee to make certain information publicly  
   39.     Confidential commercial information may only be disclosed in certain  

           Division 3.6--Review provisions

   40.     Definitions for div 3.6  
   41.     Review of decisions  

   PART 4--MONITORING POWERS

   42.     Appointment of inspectors  
   43.     Identity card  
   44.     Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance  
   45.     Monitoring powers  
   46.     Power to secure  
   46A.    Monitoring warrants  
   46B.    Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc  
   46C.    Announcement before entry  
   46D.    Occupier entitled to be present during search  
   47.     Inspector must produce identity card on request  
   48.     Consent  
   49.     Compensation for damage  

   PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS

   50.     Reports to Legislative Assembly  
   51.     Report on operation of Act  
   52.     Determination of fees  
   53.     Approved forms  
   54.     Regulation-making power  

   PART 10--TRANSITIONAL

   100.    Existing applications for licences  
   101.    Expiry—pt 10  
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