Commonwealth Consolidated Acts

RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN EMBRYOS ACT 2002 - SECT 10B

                   A person commits an offence if:

                     (a)  the person undertakes research or training involving the fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm up to, but not including, the first mitotic division, outside the body of a woman for the purposes of research or training in ART; and

                     (b)  the person is not authorised by a licence to undertake the research or training.

Maximum penalty:    Imprisonment for 5 years.