ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 28 Ban on sex selection

ASSISTED REPRODUCTIVE TREATMENT ACT 2008 - SECT 28

    (1)     A person carrying out a treatment procedure must not use gametes or an embryo, or perform the procedure in a particular way, with the purpose or a purpose of producing or attempting to produce a child of a particular sex.

Penalty:     240 penalty units or 2 years imprisonment or both.

    (2)     Subsection (1) does not apply if—

        (a)     it is necessary for the child to be of a particular sex so as to avoid the risk of transmission of a genetic abnormality or a genetic disease to the child; or

        (b)     the Patient Review Panel has otherwise approved the use of the gametes or embryo for the purpose or a purpose of producing or attempting to produce a child of a particular sex.