Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN EMBRYOS ACT 2002

TABLE OF PROVISIONS

           Long Title

   PART 1--PRELIMINARY

   1.      Short title [see Note 1]  
   2.      Commencement  
   3.      Object of Act  
   4.      Operation of Act  
   5.      Act to bind the Crown  
   6.      External Territories  
   7.      Definitions  

   PART 2--REGULATION OF THE USE OF EXCESS ART EMBRYOS, OTHER EMBRYOS AND HUMAN EGGS

           Division 1--Interpretation

   8.      Definitions [see Note 2]  
   9.      Meaning of excess ART embryo  

           Division 2--Offences

   10.     Offence--use of excess ART embryo  
   10A.    Offence--use of other embryos  
   10B.    Offence--certain activities involving use of human eggs  
   11.     Offence--use of embryo that is not an excess ART embryo  
   12.     Offence--breaching a licence condition  
   12A.    Person not liable for conduct purportedly authorised  

           Division 3--Embryo Research Licensing Committee of the NHMRC

   13.     Establishment of Committee  
   14.     Functions of Committee  
   15.     Powers of Committee  
   16.     Membership of Committee  
   17.     Terms of appointment  
   18.     Annual report  
   19.     Reports to Parliament  

           Division 4--Licensing system

   20.     Person may apply for licence  
   21.     Determination of application by Committee [see Note 1]  
   22.     Notification of decision  
   23.     Period of licence  
   24.     Licence is subject to conditions [see Note 1]  
   25.     Variation of licence  
   26.     Suspension or revocation of licence  
   27.     Surrender of licence  
   28.     Notification of variation, suspension or revocation of licence  

           Division 5--Reporting and confidentiality

   29.     NHMRC Licensing Committee to make certain information publicly available  
   30.     Confidential commercial information may only be disclosed in certain circumstances  

           Division 6--Review provisions

   31.     Meaning of terms  
   32.     Review of decisions  

   PART 3--MONITORING POWERS

   33.     Appointment of inspectors  
   34.     Identity card  
   35.     Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance  
   36.     Monitoring powers  
   37.     Power to secure  
   37A.    Monitoring warrants  
   37B.    Details of warrant to be given to occupier etc.  
   37C.    Announcement before entry  
   37D.    Occupier entitled to be present during search  
   38.     Inspector must produce identity card on request  
   39.     Consent  
   40.     Compensation for damage  
   41.     Extended operation of Part  

   PART 4--COMMONWEALTH/STATE ARRANGEMENTS

   42.     Operation of State laws  
   43.     Conferral of functions on Commonwealth officers and bodies  
   44.     When duty imposed  
   45.     Review of certain decisions  

   PART 5--SUNSET CLAUSE, REVIEW PROVISION AND REGULATIONS

           Division 1--Repeal

   46.     Repeal of paragraphs 21(3)(b) and 24(1)(c) and subsection 24(3) [see Note 1]  

           Division 2--Review of Act

   47.     Review of operation of Act  
   47A.    Further review of operation of Act  
   47B.    Minister to report to Parliament  
   47C.    Study of non-blood human tissue based therapies  

           Division 3--Regulations

   48.     Regulations