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HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 3A

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 3A

3A .         Term used: human embryo

        (1)         In this Act —

        human embryo means a live embryo that has a human genome or an altered human genome and that has been developing for less than 8 weeks since the appearance of 2 pro-nuclei or the initiation of its development by other means.

        (2)         For the purposes of the definition of human embryo in subsection (1), in working out the length of the period of development of a human embryo, any period when the development of the embryo is suspended is to be disregarded.

        [Section 3A inserted: No. 17 of 2004 s. 6.]