{"id":"F2007L01721","name":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Revocation of Declaration of corresponding State law - WA","slug":"research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa","collection":"legislative_instrument","jurisdiction":"commonwealth","status":"repealed","isInForce":false,"actNumber":null,"makingDate":null,"administeringDepartment":null,"currentVersion":{"id":66433,"registerId":"commonwealth-F2007L01721-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Repealed","reasons":null,"registeredAt":null},"sections":[{"sectionNumber":"1","sectionType":"section","heading":"Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 - Revocation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 - WA","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 5 December 2005 that Western Australia’s Human Reproductive Technology Act (1991) (as amended) 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":1826},"content_quality":"ok","complexity_score":1,"scope_assessment":{"changed":false,"description":"This is a specific administrative revocation exercising a discrete power under section 7. It does not expand beyond its stated purpose of removing one state law from the corresponding list."},"complexity_factors":["Single administrative action with no conditional logic or exceptions","No defined terms requiring interpretation","No cross-references beyond the empowering sections (s 7 of the Act and s 33(3) of Acts Interpretation Act)","Extremely short administrative instrument (one substantive paragraph)"],"plain_english_summary":"This instrument **removes Western Australia's legal status** as a jurisdiction with federally-recognized embryo research laws.\n\nUnder the *Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002*, the federal government can declare state legislation as a \"**corresponding State law**\" if it meets national standards for regulating research on human embryos. This status allows researchers to follow state rules rather than federal ones.\n\n**What this does:**\n- Revokes the 2005 declaration that WA's *Human Reproductive Technology Act* (1991) was a corresponding law\n- Effective from 12 June 2007\n- WA's law is no longer recognized as automatically complying with federal requirements\n\n**Why it matters:**\n- Research institutions in Western Australia may need to ensure direct compliance with the federal Act\n- Alternatively, WA may need to amend its legislation to regain corresponding status\n- Changes the regulatory oversight framework for embryo research in WA"}},"importantCases":[],"_links":{"self":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa","history":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa/history","analysis":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa/analysis","conflicts":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa/conflicts","importantCases":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa/important-cases","documents":"/api/acts/research-involving-human-embryos-act-2002-revocation-of-declaration-of-corresponding-state-law-wa/documents"}}