Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts Australian Capital Territory Consolidated Acts(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally gives or offers valuable consideration to another person for the supply of a human egg, human sperm or a human embryo.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 15 years.
(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally receives, or offers to receive, valuable consideration from another person for the supply of a human egg, human sperm or a human embryo.
Maximum penalty: imprisonment for 15 years.
(3) In this section—
"reasonable expenses"—
(a) in relation to the supply of a human egg or human sperm—includes, but is not limited to, expenses relating to the collection, storage or transport of the egg or sperm; and
(b) in relation to the supply of a human embryo—
(i) does not include any expenses incurred by a person before the embryo became an excess ART embryo; and
(ii) includes, but is not limited to, expenses relating to the storage or transport of the embryo.
"valuable consideration", in relation to the supply of a human egg, human sperm or a human embryo by a person, includes any inducement, discount or priority in the provision of a service to the person, but does not include the payment of reasonable expenses incurred by the person in connection with the supply.