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Queensland
PROHIBITION OF HUMAN
CLONING BILL 2003
Queensland
PROHIBITION OF HUMAN CLONING
BILL 2003
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Section Page
PART 1--PRELIMINARY
1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
2 Commencement. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
3 Object of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
4 Act binds all persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
5 Definitions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
6 Meaning of "reckless" . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PART 2--PROHIBITED PRACTICES
Division 1--Human cloning
7 Offence--creating a human embryo clone . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
8 Offence--placing a human embryo clone in the human body or the
body of an animal . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
9 No defence that human embryo clone could not survive . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Division 2--Other prohibited practices
10 Offence--creating a human embryo other than by fertilisation, or
developing such an embryo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
11 Offence--creating a human embryo for a purpose other than achieving
pregnancy in a woman. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
12 Offence--creating or developing a human embryo containing genetic
material provided by more than 2 persons . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
13 Offence--developing a human embryo outside the body of a woman
for more than 14 days . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
14 Offence--using precursor cells from a human embryo or a human
fetus to create a human embryo, or developing such an embryo . . . . . . . . . 8
15 Offence--heritable alterations to genome. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
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16 Offence--collecting a viable human embryo from the body of a woman . . 8
17 Offence--creating a chimeric or hybrid embryo. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
18 Offence--placing of an embryo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
19 Offence--placing a prohibited embryo . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
20 Offence--commercial trading in human eggs, human sperm or
human embryos .......................................... 10
PART 4--MONITORING POWERS
41 Appointment of inspectors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
42 Identity card. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
43 Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance. . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
44 Monitoring powers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
45 Power to secure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
46 Inspector must produce identity card on request. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
47 Consent . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
48 Compensation for damage. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS
Division 1--Review of Act
49 Review of operation of Act . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Division 2--Matters about offences
50 Attempts to commit offences against this Act. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
51 Crimes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Division 3--Regulations
53 Regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 2001
56 Act amended in pt 6. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
57 Amendment of provision 192B (Cloning of human beings is prohibited) . . 16
58 Amendment of provision 192C (Certain experiments involving animal
eggs prohibited) .......................................... 16
59 Amendment of provision 192D (Certain experiments involving putting
human and animal cells into a human uterus prohibited) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
SCHEDULE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
DICTIONARY
2003
A BILL
FOR
An Act to prohibit human cloning and other unacceptable practices
associated with reproductive technology, and for related purposes
s1 4 s5
Prohibition of Human Cloning Bill 2003
The Parliament of Queensland enacts-- 1
PART 1--PRELIMINARY 2
1 Short title 3
This Act may be cited as the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2003. 4
2 Commencement 5
This Act commences on a day to be fixed by proclamation. 6
3 Object of Act 7
The object of this Act is to address concerns, including ethical concerns, 8
about scientific developments in relation to human reproduction and the 9
utilisation of human embryos by prohibiting certain practices. 10
4 Act binds all persons 11
(1) This Act binds all persons, including the State, and, as far as the 12
legislative power of the Parliament permits, the Commonwealth and the 13
other States. 14
(2) Nothing in this Act makes the Commonwealth or a State liable to be 15
prosecuted for an offence. 16
5 Definitions 17
(1) The dictionary in the schedule defines particular words used in this 18
Act. 19
(2) For the purposes of establishing that a human embryo clone is a 20
genetic copy of a living or dead human-- 21
(a) it is sufficient to establish that the set of genes in the nuclei of the 22
cells of the living or dead human has been copied; and 23
(b) it is not necessary to establish that the copy is an identical genetic 24
copy. 25
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(3) For the purposes of the definition "human embryo" in the schedule, 1
in working out the length of the period of development of a human embryo, 2
any period when the development of the embryo is suspended is to be 3
disregarded. 4
(4) For the purposes of the definition "human embryo clone" in the 5
schedule, a human embryo that results from the technological process 6
known as embryo splitting is taken not to be created by a process of 7
fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm. 8
(5) For the purposes of paragraph (b) of the definition "excess ART 9
embryo" in the schedule, a human embryo is excess to the needs of the 10
persons mentioned in that paragraph at a particular time if-- 11
(a) each such person has given written authority for use of the 12
embryo for a purpose other than a purpose relating to the assisted 13
reproductive technology treatment of the woman concerned, and 14
the authority is in force at that time; or 15
(b) each such person has determined in writing that the embryo is 16
excess to their needs, and the determination is in force at that 17
time. 18
(6) The following provisions of the Acts Interpretation Act 1954 do not 19
apply to a reference to a spouse in this Act-- 20
· section 32DA(6)1 21
· section 36, definition "spouse". 22
6 Meaning of "reckless" 23
(1) A person is "reckless" in relation to a circumstance if-- 24
(a) the person is aware of a substantial risk that the circumstance 25
exists or will exist; and 26
(b) having regard to the circumstances known to the person, it is 27
unjustifiable to take the risk. 28
(2) A person is "reckless" in relation to a result if-- 29
(a) the person is aware of a substantial risk that the result will 30
happen; and 31
1 Acts Interpretation Act 1954, section 32DA (Meaning of "de facto partner")
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(b) having regard to the circumstances known to the person, it is 1
unjustifiable to take the risk. 2
(3) It is a question of fact as to whether taking a risk is unjustifiable. 3
PART 2--PROHIBITED PRACTICES 4
Division 1--Human cloning 5
7 Offence--creating a human embryo clone 6
A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a human 7
embryo clone. 8
Maximum penalty--15 years imprisonment. 9
8 Offence--placing a human embryo clone in the human body or 10
the body of an animal 11
A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places a human 12
embryo clone in the body of a human or the body of an animal. 13
Maximum penalty--15 years imprisonment. 14
9 No defence that human embryo clone could not survive 15
It is not a defence to an offence under section 7 or 8 that the human 16
embryo clone did not survive or could not have survived. 17
s 10 7 s 13
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Division 2--Other prohibited practices 1
10 Offence--creating a human embryo other than by fertilisation, or 2
developing such an embryo 3
A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a human 4
embryo by a process other than the fertilisation of a human egg by human 5
sperm, or intentionally develops a human embryo so created. 6
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 7
11 Offence--creating a human embryo for a purpose other than 8
achieving pregnancy in a woman 9
(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a 10
human embryo outside the body of a woman, unless the person's intention 11
in creating the embryo is to attempt to achieve pregnancy in a particular 12
woman. 13
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 14
(2) A defendant does not bear an evidential burden in relation to any 15
matter in subsection (1). 16
12 Offence--creating or developing a human embryo containing 17
genetic material provided by more than 2 persons 18
A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates or 19
develops a human embryo containing genetic material provided by more 20
than 2 persons. 21
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 22
13 Offence--developing a human embryo outside the body of a 23
woman for more than 14 days 24
A person commits an offence if the person intentionally develops a 25
human embryo outside the body of a woman for a period of more than 26
14 days, excluding any period when development is suspended. 27
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 28
s 14 8 s 17
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14 Offence--using precursor cells from a human embryo or a human 1
fetus to create a human embryo, or developing such an embryo 2
A person commits an offence if the person uses precursor cells taken 3
from a human embryo or a human fetus, intending to create a human 4
embryo, or intentionally develops an embryo so created. 5
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 6
15 Offence--heritable alterations to genome 7
(1) A person commits an offence if-- 8
(a) the person alters the genome of a human cell in such a way that 9
the alteration is heritable by descendants of the human whose 10
cell was altered; and 11
(b) in altering the genome, the person intended the alteration to be 12
heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered. 13
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 14
(2) In this section-- 15
"human cell" includes a human embryonal cell, a human fetal cell, human 16
sperm or a human egg. 17
16 Offence--collecting a viable human embryo from the body of a 18
woman 19
A person commits an offence if the person removes a human embryo 20
from the body of a woman, intending to collect a viable human embryo. 21
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 22
17 Offence--creating a chimeric or hybrid embryo 23
(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a 24
chimeric embryo. 25
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 26
(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a 27
hybrid embryo. 28
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 29
s 18 9 s 19
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18 Offence--placing of an embryo 1
(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places a 2
human embryo in an animal. 3
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 4
(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places a 5
human embryo in the body of a human, other than in a woman's 6
reproductive tract. 7
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 8
(3) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places an 9
animal embryo in the body of a human for any period of gestation. 10
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 11
19 Offence--placing a prohibited embryo 12
(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places an 13
embryo in the body of a woman knowing that, or reckless as to whether, the 14
embryo is a prohibited embryo. 15
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 16
(2) In this section-- 17
"prohibited embryo" means-- 18
(a) a human embryo created by a process other than the fertilisation 19
of a human egg by human sperm; or 20
(b) a human embryo created outside the body of a woman, unless the 21
intention of the person who created the embryo was to attempt to 22
achieve pregnancy in a particular woman; or 23
(c) a human embryo that contains genetic material provided by more 24
than 2 persons; or 25
(d) a human embryo that has been developing outside the body of a 26
woman for a period of more than 14 days, excluding any period 27
when development is suspended; or 28
(e) a human embryo created using precursor cells taken from a 29
human embryo or a human fetus; or 30
(f) a human embryo that contains a human cell (within the meaning 31
of section 15) whose genome has been altered in such a way that 32
s 20 10 s 20
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the alteration is heritable by human descendants of the human 1
whose cell was altered; or 2
(g) a human embryo that was removed from the body of a woman by 3
a person intending to collect a viable human embryo; or 4
(h) a chimeric embryo or a hybrid embryo. 5
20 Offence--commercial trading in human eggs, human sperm or 6
human embryos 7
(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally gives or 8
offers valuable consideration to another person for the supply of a human 9
egg, human sperm or a human embryo. 10
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 11
(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally receives, or 12
offers to receive, valuable consideration from another person for the supply 13
of a human egg, human sperm or a human embryo. 14
Maximum penalty--10 years imprisonment. 15
(3) In this section-- 16
"reasonable expenses"-- 17
(a) in relation to the supply of a human egg or human 18
sperm--includes, but is not limited to, expenses relating to the 19
collection, storage or transport of the egg or sperm; and 20
(b) in relation to the supply of a human embryo-- 21
(i) does not include any expenses incurred by a person before 22
the time when the embryo became an excess ART embryo; 23
and 24
(ii) includes, but is not limited to, expenses relating to the 25
storage or transport of the embryo. 26
"valuable consideration", in relation to the supply of a human egg, human 27
sperm or a human embryo by a person, includes any inducement, 28
discount or priority in the provision of a service to the person, but 29
does not include the payment of reasonable expenses incurred by the 30
person in connection with the supply. 31
s 41 11 s 43
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PART 4--MONITORING POWERS 1
41 Appointment of inspectors 2
(1) The chairperson of the NHMRC Licensing Committee may, by 3
instrument in writing, appoint any of the following persons as inspectors-- 4
(a) a person who is appointed or employed by the State; 5
(b) a person who is appointed or employed by the Commonwealth. 6
(2) In exercising powers or performing functions as an inspector, an 7
inspector must comply with any directions of the chairperson of the 8
NHMRC Licensing Committee. 9
(3) The chairperson of the NHMRC Licensing Committee must not 10
appoint a person as an inspector under subsection (1) unless he or she is 11
satisfied that the person has appropriate skills and experience. 12
42 Identity card 13
(1) The chairperson of the NHMRC Licensing Committee must issue an 14
identity card to an inspector. 15
(2) The identity card-- 16
(a) must be in the form prescribed by the regulations under the 17
Commonwealth Act; and 18
(b) must contain a recent photograph of the inspector. 19
(3) If a person to whom an identity card has been issued ceases to be an 20
inspector, the person must return the identity card to the chairperson of the 21
NHMRC Licensing Committee as soon as practicable. 22
Maximum penalty--1 penalty unit. 23
(4) An inspector must carry his or her identity card at all times when 24
exercising powers or performing functions as an inspector. 25
43 Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance 26
(1) For the purpose of finding out whether this Act has been complied 27
with, an inspector may-- 28
(a) enter any premises; and 29
s 44 12 s 44
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(b) exercise the monitoring powers set out in section 44. 1
(2) An inspector is not authorised to enter premises under subsection (1) 2
unless-- 3
(a) the occupier of the premises has consented to the entry; or 4
(b) the premises are premises at which the occupier of the premises 5
is carrying out activities authorised by a licence issued under the 6
Regulation of Research Involving Human Embryos and Assisted 7
Reproductive Technology Act 2003, section 29,2 and the entry is 8
at a reasonable time. 9
44 Monitoring powers 10
(1) The monitoring powers that an inspector may exercise under 11
section 43(1)(b) are as follows-- 12
(a) to search the premises and any thing on the premises; 13
(b) to inspect, examine, take measurements of, conduct tests on, or 14
take samples of, any human embryo or thing on the premises that 15
relates to this Act; 16
(c) to take photographs, make video or audio recordings or make 17
sketches of the premises or any thing on the premises; 18
(d) to inspect any book, record or document on the premises; 19
(e) to take extracts from or make copies of any such book, record or 20
document; 21
(f) to take onto the premises such equipment and materials as the 22
inspector requires for the purpose of exercising powers in 23
relation to the premises. 24
(2) For the purposes of this part, monitoring powers include the power to 25
operate equipment at premises to see whether-- 26
(a) the equipment; or 27
(b) a disk, tape or other storage device that-- 28
(i) is at the premises; and 29
(ii) can be used with the equipment or is associated with it; 30
2 Regulation of Research Involving Human Embryos and Assisted Reproductive
Technology Act 2003, section 29 (Determination of application by committee)
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contains information that is relevant to determining whether there has been 1
compliance with this Act. 2
(3) If the inspector, after operating equipment at the premises, finds that 3
the equipment, or that a tape, disk or other storage device at the premises, 4
contains information mentioned in subsection (2), the inspector may-- 5
(a) operate equipment or facilities at the premises to put the 6
information in documentary form and copy the document so 7
produced; or 8
(b) if the information can be transferred to a tape, disk or other 9
storage device that-- 10
(i) is brought to the premises; or 11
(ii) is at the premises and the use of which has been agreed to in 12
writing by the occupier of the premises; 13
operate the equipment or other facilities to copy the information 14
to the storage device, and remove the storage device from the 15
premises. 16
45 Power to secure 17
If an inspector, during a search of premises, believes on reasonable 18
grounds that there is at the premises a human embryo or a thing that may 19
afford evidence of the commission of an offence against this Act, the 20
monitoring powers include securing the embryo or thing pending the 21
obtaining of a warrant by anyone to seize it. 22
46 Inspector must produce identity card on request 23
An inspector is not entitled to exercise any powers under this part in 24
relation to premises if-- 25
(a) the occupier of the premises has required the inspector to 26
produce his or her identity card for inspection by the occupier; 27
and 28
(b) the inspector fails to comply with the requirement. 29
s 47 14 s 49
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47 Consent 1
(1) Before obtaining the consent of a person for the purposes of 2
section 43(2)(a),3 the inspector must inform the person that he or she may 3
refuse consent. 4
(2) An entry of an inspector by virtue of the consent of a person is not 5
lawful unless the person voluntarily consented to the entry. 6
48 Compensation for damage 7
(1) The owner of equipment or other facilities is entitled to 8
compensation for damage to the equipment or other facilities if-- 9
(a) the damage was caused to the equipment or other facilities as a 10
result of it being operated by an inspector as mentioned in this 11
part; and 12
(b) the damage was caused as a result of insufficient care being 13
exercised by the inspector operating the equipment or other 14
facilities. 15
(2) In determining the amount of compensation payable, regard is to be 16
had to whether the occupier of the premises and his or her employees and 17
agents, if they were available at the time, had provided any warning or 18
guidance as to the operation of the equipment or other facilities that was 19
appropriate in the circumstances. 20
PART 5--MISCELLANEOUS 21
Division 1--Review of Act 22
49 Review of operation of Act 23
(1) The Minister must cause a review of the operation of this Act to be 24
undertaken as soon as possible after the second anniversary of the date this 25
section commences. 26
3 Section 43 (Powers available to inspectors for monitoring compliance)
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(2) The review must cover the scope and operation of part 2 of this Act 1
taking into account the following-- 2
(a) developments in technology in relation to assisted reproductive 3
technology; 4
(b) developments in medical research and scientific research and the 5
potential therapeutic applications of such research; 6
(c) community standards; 7
(d) the applicability of establishing a National Stem Cell Bank. 8
(3) The review of this Act may be undertaken as part of the reviews of 9
the Commonwealth Act and the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 10
(Cwlth) mentioned in the Commonwealth Act, section 47. 11
Division 2--Matters about offences 12
50 Attempts to commit offences against this Act 13
(1) A person who attempts to commit an offence against this Act 14
commits an offence. 15
Maximum penalty--the maximum penalty for committing the offence 16
attempted to be committed. 17
(2) The Criminal Code, section 4,4 applies to subsection (1). 18
51 Crimes 19
(1) The following offences are crimes-- 20
(a) an offence mentioned in part 2;5 21
(b) an offence against section 50(1). 22
(2) The offender can not be arrested without warrant. 23
4 Criminal Code, section 4 (Attempts to commit offences)
5 Part 2 (Prohibited practices)
s 53 16 s 58
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Division 3--Regulations 1
53 Regulation-making power 2
The Governor in Council may make regulations under this Act. 3
PART 6--AMENDMENT OF GENE TECHNOLOGY ACT 4
2001 5
56 Act amended in pt 6 6
This part amends the Gene Technology Act 2001. 7
57 Amendment of provision 192B (Cloning of human beings is 8
prohibited) 9
Provision numbered 192B, note-- 10
omit, insert-- 11
12
`Note--
13
The Commonwealth Act, section 192B was repealed by the Prohibition of Human
14
Cloning Act 2002 (Cwlth), schedule 1.'.
58 Amendment of provision 192C (Certain experiments involving 15
animal eggs prohibited) 16
Provision numbered 192C, note-- 17
omit, insert-- 18
19
`Note--
20
The Commonwealth Act, section 192C was repealed by the Prohibition of Human
21
Cloning Act 2002 (Cwlth), schedule 1.'.
s 59 17 s 59
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59 Amendment of provision 192D (Certain experiments involving 1
putting human and animal cells into a human uterus prohibited) 2
Provision numbered 192D, note-- 3
omit, insert-- 4
5
`Note--
6
The Commonwealth Act, section 192D was repealed by the Prohibition of Human
7
Cloning Act 2002 (Cwlth), schedule 1.'.
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SCHEDULE 1
DICTIONARY 2
section 5(1) 3
"animal" does not include a human. 4
"chimeric embryo" means-- 5
(a) a human embryo into which a cell, or any component part of a 6
cell, of an animal has been introduced; or 7
(b) a thing declared under a regulation to be a chimeric embryo. 8
"Commonwealth Act" means the Research Involving Human Embryos 9
Act 2002 (Cwlth). 10
"excess ART embryo" means a human embryo that-- 11
(a) was created, by assisted reproductive technology, for use in the 12
assisted reproductive technology treatment of a woman; and 13
(b) is excess to the needs of-- 14
(i) the woman for whom it was created; and 15
(ii) her spouse (if any) at the time the embryo was created. 16
"human embryo" means a live embryo that has a human genome or an 17
altered human genome and that has been developing for less than 18
8 weeks since the appearance of 2 pro-nuclei or the initiation of its 19
development by other means. 20
"human embryo clone" means a human embryo that is a genetic copy of 21
another living or dead human, but does not include a human embryo 22
created by the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm. 23
"human sperm" includes human spermatids. 24
"hybrid embryo" means-- 25
(a) an embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by animal 26
sperm; or 27
(b) an embryo created by the fertilisation of an animal egg by human 28
sperm; or 29
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SCHEDULE (continued)
(c) a human egg into which the nucleus of an animal cell has been 1
introduced; or 2
(d) an animal egg into which the nucleus of a human cell has been 3
introduced; or 4
(e) a thing declared under a regulation to be a hybrid embryo. 5
"inspector" means a person appointed as an inspector under section 41(1). 6
"NHMRC Licensing Committee" means the committee established by 7
the Commonwealth Act, section 13. 8
"precursor cell" means a cell that has the potential to develop into a 9
human egg or human sperm. 10
"reckless" see section 6. 11
"spouse", in relation to a person, includes a person who, although not 12
legally married to the person, is living with the person as the person's 13
spouse on a bona fide domestic basis. 14
"State" includes the Australian Capital Territory and the Northern 15
Territory. 16
"woman" means a female human. 17
© State of Queensland 2003
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