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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Infertility Treatment (Further Amendment) Act
2001
Act No.
TABLE OF PROVISIONS
Clause Page
1. Purpose 1
2. Commencement 1
3. Principal Act 2
4. New section 4A inserted 2
4A. Treatment procedure not authorised in certain
circumstances 2
ENDNOTES 3
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PARLIAMENT OF VICTORIA
Initiated in Council on 21 November 2001 by the Hon. Bill Forwood
A BILL
relating to treatment procedures under the Infertility Treatment Act
1995 and for other purposes.
Infertility Treatment (Further
Amendment) Act 2001
The Parliament of Victoria enacts as follows:
1. Purpose
The purpose of this Act is to clarify the matters as
to which a doctor must be satisfied before
carrying out a treatment procedure.
5 2. Commencement
This Act comes into operation on the day after the
day on which it receives the Royal Assent.
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3. Principal Act
See:
In this Act, the Infertility Treatment Act 1995 is Act No.
called the Principal Act. 63/1995.
Reprint No. 1
as at
1 January
1998
and
amending
Act Nos
12/1998,
46/1998,
52/1998,
74/2000,
2/2001 and
59/2001.
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4. New section 4A inserted
5 After section 4 of the Principal Act, insert--
"4A. Treatment procedure not authorised in
certain circumstances
This Act does not authorise the carrying out
of a treatment procedure on a woman where
10 the doctor is satisfied that the woman is
unlikely to become pregnant other than by a
treatment procedure unless the doctor is also
satisfied, on reasonable grounds--
(a) that the woman has a physical condition
15 causing an inability to become pregnant
other than by a treatment procedure; or
(b) that sperm produced by the husband of
the woman is unlikely to cause the
woman to become pregnant from an
20 oocyte produced by her other than by a
treatment procedure; or
(c) that the husband of the woman is
unable to produce sperm.".
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Endnotes
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ENDNOTES
By Authority. Government Printer for the State of Victoria.
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