{"id":"F2007L01717","name":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Revocation of Declaration of corresponding State law - NSW","slug":"research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":66423,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01717-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Revocation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 - NSW","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 7 July 2004 that New South Wales’ Research Involving Human Embryos (New South Wales) 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":1691},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":2,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This instrument exercises an existing power under the Act to revoke a previous declaration. While the Act's inherent scope remains unchanged, this revocation narrows the practical application by removing NSW's 'corresponding State law' status, meaning the Commonwealth law now applies directly to NSW rather than deferring to the State regime."},"complexity_factors":["Single operative provision (the revocation)","No defined terms","Simple administrative action with clear effective date","Brief references to empowering provisions (section 7 of the Act and subsection 33(3) of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901)"],"plain_english_summary":"This document cancels a previous decision that treated New South Wales law as equivalent to Commonwealth law regarding human embryo research.\n\n**What it does:**\n* Under the *Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002* (Cth), the federal government can declare that a State law is a \"corresponding State law\" — meaning the State system is equivalent to the federal one.\n* In 2004, the NSW law was declared \"corresponding.\" This 2007 instrument **revokes** that declaration.\n\n**Who it affects:**\n* Researchers, clinics, and institutions in NSW working with human embryos.\n\n**Why it matters:**\n* From 12 June 2007, the NSW law is no longer recognized as equivalent to the Commonwealth Act. This means the **federal law applies directly** to embryo research in NSW, rather than the State law operating under the Commonwealth umbrella. Organizations may need to change compliance procedures to follow the federal legislation instead of the NSW version."}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw","history":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw/history","analysis":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-nsw/documents"}}