Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024
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16 December 2025. It also includes any commencement, amendment, repeal or expiry affecting this republished law to 16 December 2025. The legislation history and amendment history of the republished law are set out in endnotes 3 and 4. Kinds of republications The Parliamentary Counsel’s Office prepares 2 kinds of republications of ACT laws (see the ACT legislation register at www.legislation.act.gov.au): • authorised republications to which the Legislation Act 2001 applies • unauthorised republications. The status of this republication appears on the bottom of each page. Editorial changes The Legislation Act 2001, part 11.3 authorises the Parliamentary Counsel to make editorial amendments and other changes of a formal nature when preparing a law for republication. Editorial changes do not change the effect of the law, but have effect as if they had been made by an Act commencing on the republication date (see Legislation Act 2001, s 115 and s 117). The changes are made if the Parliamentary Counsel considers they are desirable to bring the law into line, or more closely into line, with current legislative drafting practice. This republication does not include amendments made under part 11.3 (see endnote 1). Uncommenced provisions and amendments If a provision of the republished law has not commenced, the symbol U appears immediately before the provision heading. Any uncommenced amendments that affect this republished law are accessible on the ACT legislation register (www.legislation.act.gov.au). For more information, see the home page for this law on the register. Modifications If a provision of the republished law is affected by a current modification, the symbol M appears immediately before the provision heading. The text of the modifying provision appears in the endnotes. For the legal status of modifications, see the Legislation Act 2001, section 95. Penalties At the republication date, the value of a penalty unit for an offence against this law is $160 for an individual and $810 for a corporation (see Legislation Act 2001, s 133).
contents 1 Page 1 Name of Act 2 3 Dictionary 2 4 Notes 2 5 Offences against Act—application of Criminal Code etc 2 6 Application of Act 3 7 Objects of Act 4 8 Principles of Act 4 9 Meaning of ART treatment 4
Page contents 2 Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024 10 Meaning of ART service 5 11 Meaning of ART provider 5 12 Eligibility for registration 6 13 Application for registration 6 14 Application for renewal 7 15 Deciding applications 7 16 Conditions on registration 8 17 Term of registration 8 18 Cancellation of registration 9 19 Requirement to notify director-general about certain events 9 20 Register of ART providers 10 21 Requirement to be registered 12 22 Performance and supervision of ART services 12 23 Requirement to offer counselling before providing ART service 13 24 Requirement to give certain information before providing ART service 14 25 Disclosure of personal health information by ART provider 16 26 Provision of ART treatment to child or young person 18 27 Infection control standards 18 28 Requirement to obtain consent of gamete provider 19 29 Form and content of consent 19 30 Modification or withdrawal of consent 20 31 Requirement to verify identity of gamete provider 20 32 Requirement to confirm consent in certain cases 21 33 Use of gamete to create embryo outside body 22 34 Use of gametes or embryos in ART treatment 23 35 Use of gametes or embryos for research 23 36 Posthumous use of gametes or embryos 23