Western Australian Consolidated Acts

HUMAN REPRODUCTIVE TECHNOLOGY ACT 1991 - SECT 53A

53A .         Object of this Part

        (1)         The object of this Part is —

            (a)         to address concerns, including ethical concerns, about scientific developments in relation to human reproduction and the utilisation of human embryos by prohibiting certain practices; and

            (b)         to adopt in this State a uniform Australian approach to the prohibitions.

        (2)         For that purpose, this Part creates a number of offences that are similar to offences under the Prohibition of Human Cloning Act 2002 of the Commonwealth.

        [Section 53A inserted by No. 18 of 2004 s. 8.]