{"id":"F2007L01722","name":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Revocation of Declaration of corresponding State law - A.C.T.","slug":"research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":66435,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01722-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Revocation of Declaration of corresponding State law - A.C.T.","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\nResearch Involving Human Embryos Act 2002\n\n \n\nRevocation of Declaration of ‘corresponding State law’\n\n \n\n \n\nI, BRETT MASON, under section 7 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 (the Act) and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, revoke the declaration made by Minister Bishop on 13 August 2004 that the Australian Capital Territory’s Human Cloning and Embryo Research Act 2004 is a corresponding State law for the purposes of the Act.\n\n \n\nThis revocation has effect from 12 June 2007.\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nDated  2 May  2007\n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\n \n\nBRETT MASON\n\nParliamentary Secretary to the\n\nMinister for Health and Ageing\n\n \n","sortOrder":0}],"analysis":{"kimi_summary":{"_metrics":{"model":"kimi-k2.5","source":"moonshot-batch","completionTokens":1612},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is an administrative revocation instrument that does not alter the scope of the underlying Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002. It simply removes the ACT's legislation from the list of laws recognized as 'corresponding' to the federal Act, maintaining the Act's original framework while changing which jurisdictions receive recognition."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision with no conditional logic","No defined terms or interpretation sections","Minimal cross-references (only cites enabling Act sections)","Straightforward administrative action with clear effective date"],"plain_english_summary":"**What this does:** This document officially cancels a previous federal government decision that recognized the ACT's local embryo research laws as equivalent to national standards.\n\n**Who it affects:** Researchers and institutions in the Australian Capital Territory (ACT) working with human embryos. It also affects the ACT government, whose local laws lose their \"corresponding\" status under federal law.\n\n**Why it matters:** When a state or territory law is declared \"corresponding\" to the federal *Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002*, it means local rules are treated as meeting national standards, often allowing researchers to follow state/territory licensing instead of federal requirements. By revoking this declaration (originally made in August 2004), the federal government removed that recognition. This likely forced ACT-based researchers to comply directly with federal licensing requirements rather than relying on the ACT's local regulatory framework.\n\n**Timing:** The revocation took effect on 12 June 2007."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t","history":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t/history","analysis":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-a-c-t/documents"}}