Victorian Consolidated Legislation

Infertility Treatment Act 1995 - SECT 4

Interpretation

4. Interpretation



(1) In this Act, unless the contrary intention appears, a reference to-

   (a)  a kind of procedure; or

   (b)  a kind of fertilisation procedure; or

   (c)  a kind of treatment procedure; or



   (d)  a procedure, fertilisation procedure or treatment procedure of a
        particular kind-

includes-

   (e)  the nature or type of procedure or transfer; and

   (f)  whether the procedure involves the use of a donor oocyte or donor
        sperm, or an embryo formed from sperm or an oocyte of a donor (or
        both); and

   (g)  in relation to a consent, objection or withdrawal of consent or
        objection of a donor or his or her spouse, whether-

   (i)  a gamete or embryo may be used in a treatment procedure to be carried
        out on a woman who is not the donor or the spouse of the donor; and

   (ii) a gamete or embryo may be used in such a procedure to be carried out
        on any woman, or only on a named woman.

(2) In sections 62, 63, 66 and 82 and in any prescribed provision, unless the
contrary intention appears, a reference to the husband of a woman who has
undergone a treatment procedure, fertilisation procedure, donor treatment
procedure, artificial insemination or donor insemination includes a reference
to a man who was the woman's husband when the procedure was carried out.