{"id":"F2008L02727","name":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Declaration of Corresponding State Law - ACT","slug":"research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":74812,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2008L02727-current","compilationNumber":null,"startDate":"2026-04-02","status":"Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Declaration of Corresponding State Law - ACT","content":"---\nmeta-content-style-type: text/css\nmeta-content-type: application/xhtml+xml; charset=utf-8\nmeta-generator: Aspose.Words for .NET 20.2\ntitle: Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\n Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002\n\n \n\n \n\nSubsection 7(1)\n\n \n\nDeclaration of ‘corresponding State law’  \n\n \n\n \n\nI, JAN McLUCAS, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing, hereby declare for the purposes of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (Cth) that the Human Cloning and Embryo Research Act 2004 (ACT), as amended by the Human Cloning and Embryo Research Amendment Act 2008 (ACT), is a corresponding State law.\n\n \n\nDated    16th July 2008\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nJAN McLUCAS\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the Minister for Health and Ageing\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1831},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration operates exactly as intended by section 7(1) of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002, serving its original purpose of recognising compliant State and Territory legislation."},"complexity_factors":["Single section instrument with a sole declaratory function","No defined terms or interpretation provisions","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Straightforward administrative determination under existing statutory authority"],"plain_english_summary":"This declaration recognises the ACT’s Human Cloning and Embryo Research Act 2004 (as amended 2008) as a \"corresponding State law\" under the federal Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. It means the federal government accepts the ACT’s rules on embryo research and cloning as consistent with national standards, enabling the Territory to regulate locally without conflicting federal overlap and ensuring coordinated ethical protections."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act","history":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act/history","analysis":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-act/documents"}}