Western Australian Consolidated Acts Western Australian Consolidated Acts An in vitro
fertilisation procedure may be carried out where —
(a) it
would be likely to benefit —
(i)
persons who, as a couple, are unable to conceive a child
due to medical reasons;
(ia) a
woman who is unable to conceive a child due to medical reasons; or
(ii)
a couple or a woman whose child would otherwise be likely
to be affected by a genetic abnormality or a disease;
(b) each
of the participants required to do so has given an effective consent;
(c) the
persons seeking to be treated as members of a couple are —
(i)
married to each other; or
(ii)
in a de facto relationship with each other and are of the
opposite sex to each other;
(d) the
reason for infertility is not age or some other cause prescribed for the
purpose of this paragraph; and
(e)
consideration has been given to the welfare and interests
of —
(i)
the participants; and
(ii)
any child likely to be born as a result of the procedure,
and in the opinion of
the licensee that consideration does not show any cause why the procedure
should not be carried out,
but not otherwise.
[Section 23 amended by No. 3 of 2002
s. 74; No. 17 of 2004 s. 17.]