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RESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN EMBRYOS ACT 2002 - SECT 10B

Offence--certain activities involving use of human eggs

    A person commits an offence if:

  (a)   the person undertakes research or training involving the fertilisation of a human egg by a human sperm up to, but not including, the first mitotic division, outside the body of a woman for the purposes of research or training in assisted reproductive technology; and

  (b)   neither of the following apply:

  (i)   the person is authorised to undertake the research or training by a general licence;

  (ii)   the person is permitted under section   28B to undertake the research or training because of a pre - clinical research and training licence, a clinical trial research and training licence or a clinical practice research and training licence.

Penalty:   Imprisonment for 5 years.



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