18Use of gametes to create embryo outside a woman’s body

18 Use of gametes to create embryo outside a woman’s body

18 Use of gametes to create embryo outside a woman’s body

An ART provider must not use a gamete to create an embryo outside the body of a woman except with the consent of the gamete provider and in a manner that is consistent with the gamete provider’s consent.

Maximum penalty—800 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 400 penalty units in any other case.

Note—

Section 9 of the Human Cloning for Reproduction and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2003 provides that a person commits an offence if the person intentionally develops a human embryo outside the body of a woman for a period of more than 14 days, excluding any period when development is suspended.