{"id":"F2007L03795","name":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Declaration of Corresponding State Law - VIC","slug":"research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":70289,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L03795-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 -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 - VIC","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: Normal.dot\n---\n\n?xml version=\"1.0\" encoding=\"utf-8\" standalone=\"no\"?>\n\n \n\nCOMMONWEALTH OF AUSTRALIA\n\n \n\nRESEARCH INVOLVING HUMAN EMBRYOS ACT 2002\n\n \n\nDECLARATION OF CORRESPONDING STATE LAW\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nI, Brett Mason, under Section 7 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002, hereby declare:\n\n \n\nPart 2A and section 166 of the Victorian Government Infertility Treatment Act 1995 to be a corresponding State law for the purposes of the Commonwealth Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBRETT MASON\n\n \n\nDated this                8th                 day of August, 2007.  \n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1591},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This declaration operates precisely within the scope contemplated by section 7 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002, which specifically authorises the Minister to declare State laws as corresponding laws for the purposes of the Act."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision containing the declaration","No definitions or interpretation section","No conditional logic, exceptions, or procedural requirements","Minimal cross-referencing (only to the enabling section and the specific Victorian provisions)"],"plain_english_summary":"This is a **ministerial declaration** that recognises specific Victorian laws about infertility treatment and embryo research as matching Commonwealth standards.\n\nUnder the *Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002*, the federal Minister can declare that a State law is a \"corresponding State law.\" Here, the Minister declared that **Part 2A and section 166 of Victoria's *Infertility Treatment Act 1995*** qualify as such.\n\n**What this means:**\n- Victoria's rules about human embryo research are officially recognised as equivalent to (or operating alongside) the Commonwealth regime\n- This allows for consistent national standards while letting Victoria administer its own detailed regulations  \n- Researchers and clinics following these specific Victorian provisions are treated as complying with the Commonwealth framework\n\nThis is an example of \"cooperative federalism\"—where the Commonwealth and States work together rather than operating completely separate regulatory systems."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic","history":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic/history","analysis":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-vic/documents"}}