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Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008
32Prohibition on storing embryos except in particular circumstances
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32 Prohibition on storing embryos except in particular circumstances
S. 32(1) amended by No. 18/2013 s. 5.
(1) A person must not cause or permit an embryo to be placed or remain in storage except as permitted by section 34A.
(a) the person is a registered ART provider; and
(b) it is intended to transfer the embryo to the body of a woman in a treatment procedure in accordance with this Act; and
(c) the persons who have produced the gametes from which the embryo has been formed have consented to its storage for the purpose of later transfer.
(3) A consent under subsection (2)(c)—
(a) must be in writing; and
(b) must be given as soon as practicable after the consent has been given, to the registered ART provider storing the embryo.