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Assisted Reproductive Treatment Act 2008
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47 Approval by Patient Review Panel
(1) In deciding whether or not to grant approval for the posthumous use of gametes or an embryo, the Patient Review Panel must have regard to the possible impact on the child to be born as a result of the treatment procedure.
(2) Without limiting subsection (1), the Patient Review Panel must have particular regard to any research on outcomes for children conceived after the death of one of the child's parents.
S. 48 substituted by No. 39/2021 s. 31.