28Use of gametes to create embryo with close family member

28 Use of gametes to create embryo with close family member

28 Use of gametes to create embryo with close family member

(1) An ART provider must not use a gamete to create an embryo (whether inside or outside the body of a woman) if the ART provider knows that the gamete provider is a close family member of the other person whose gamete is to be used to create the embryo.

Maximum penalty—1,000 penalty units in the case of a corporation or 400 penalty units or imprisonment for 2 years, or both, in any other case.

(2) In this section—

close family member means a parent, son, daughter, sibling (including a half-brother or half-sister), grandparent or grandchild, being such a family member from birth.