Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Infertility Treatment Act 1995 - SECT 38OD

Offence-creating a hybrid embryo

38OD. Offence-creating a hybrid embryo



(1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally creates a hybrid
embryo.

(2) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally develops a hybrid
embryo.

(3) A person does not commit an offence against subsection (1) or (2) if the
creation or development of the hybrid embryo by the person is authorised by a
licence.

(4) An offence against subsection (1) or (2) is an indictable offence
punishable by imprisonment for a term not exceeding 10 years.

Note A licence to create or develop a hybrid embryo can be issued under
section 21I- (a) for the purposes of testing sperm quality in an accredited
ART centre-up to, but not including, the first mitotic division; or (b) in the
case of a hybrid embryo created by introducing the nucleus of a human cell
into an animal egg-for not longer than 14 days. __________________