Commonwealth Consolidated Acts Commonwealth Consolidated Acts(1) The CEO of the NHMRC must cause an independent review of the operation of this Act to be undertaken as soon as possible after the second anniversary of the day on which this Act received the Royal Assent.
(2) The review must be:
(a) undertaken by the persons who undertake the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act review; and
(b) undertaken concurrently with the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act review.
(3) The persons undertaking the review must give to the Council of Australian Governments and both Houses of the Parliament a written report of the review. The report must accompany the report of the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act review.
(4) The persons undertaking the review must consider and report on the scope and operation of this Act taking into account the following:
(a) developments in technology in relation to assisted reproductive technology;
(b) developments in medical research and scientific research and the potential therapeutic applications of such research;
(c) community standards;
(d) the applicability of establishing a National Stem Cell Bank.
(5) The report must contain recommendations about amendments (if any) that should be made to this Act, having regard to the matters mentioned in subsection (4).
(6) The persons undertaking the review must consult:
(a) the Commonwealth and the States; and
(b) a broad range of persons with expertise in or experience of relevant disciplines;
and the views of the Commonwealth, the States and the persons mentioned in paragraph (b) must be set out in the report to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so.
(7) In this section:
" Prohibition of Human Cloning Act review" means the review mentioned in section 25 of the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 .
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