New South Wales Consolidated Acts

RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN EMBRYOS (NEW SOUTH WALES) ACT 2003 - SECT 23

23 Further review of Act

(1) The Minister is to further review this Act to determine whether the policy objectives of the Act remain valid and whether the terms of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 of the Commonwealth, as applied in this State by this Act and amended by the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction and the Regulation of Human Embryo Research Amendment Act 2006 of the Commonwealth, remain appropriate for securing those objectives.

(2) The review is to be undertaken as soon as possible after the period of 3 years from the date of assent to the Human Cloning and Other Prohibited Practices Amendment Act 2007 .

(3) A report on the outcome of the review is to be tabled in each House of Parliament within 12 months after the end of the period of 3 years.

(4) The Minister may undertake the review of this Act at the same time as the review required by section 47A of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 of the Commonwealth, in which case the report on the outcome of the review of this Act is to be tabled in each House of Parliament as soon as practicable after the Minister has completed the review.