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Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2007
28Use of gametes to create embryo with close family member
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#### 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.
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> > 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.
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> > (2) In this section—
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> > 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.