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Health Legislation
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Health Legislation Amendment Bill (No. 3)
2025
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1 Short title . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
2 Commencement . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Part 2 Amendment of Assisted Reproductive Technology Act 2024
3 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
4 Amendment of s 15 (Counselling services for persons provided with ART
services) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
5 Insertion of new s 16A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
16A Consent required for obtaining, or attempting to obtain,
gamete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
6 Amendment of s 18 (Consent of gamete provider in case of donated
gametes or donated embryos) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
7 Amendment of s 25 (Limit on number of donor-related Australian
families) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
8 Amendment of s 27 (Time limit on use of donated gametes or embryos
and their disposal) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
9 Amendment of s 33 (Information to be collected about gamete providers)
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10 Amendment of s 34 (Transfer between ART providers of information
about gametes or embryos) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
11 Amendment of s 35 (Information to be collected about persons who
undergo ART procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
12 Amendment of s 36 (Keeping of records) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
13 Amendment of s 37 (Destruction of records prohibited) . . . . . . . 15
14 Insertion of new pt 2, div 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Division 8 Chief executive’s approval to use particular gametes or
embryos
39A Purpose of division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16
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39B Chief executive may approve use of particular donated
gamete or donated embryo—ss 25 and 27 . . . . . . . . 16
39C Chief executive may approve use of other particular gamete
or embryo—s 33 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
15 Amendment of s 40 (Definitions for part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18
16 Amendment of s 41 (Information relating to donor-conceived persons to
which part applies) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
17 Amendment of s 44 (Relevant information to be included in register) 19
18 Amendment of s 45 (Mandatory provision of information by ART
providers) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
19 Amendment of s 46 (Mandatory provision of historical information) 20
20 Amendment of s 47 (Voluntary provision of information by parties to
private donor conception procedures) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
21 Insertion of new s 56A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
56A Meaning of accreditation standard . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20
22 Amendment of s 57 (Application for licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 21
23 Amendment of s 61 (Chief executive to be notified of certain events) 21
24 Amendment of s 64 (Cancellation or suspension of licence) . . . 22
25 Amendment of s 65 (Public register of licensed providers) . . . . . 22
26 Amendment of s 111 (Power to require information) . . . . . . . . . . 22
27 Amendment of s 112 (Offence to contravene information requirement)
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
28 Amendment of s 119 (Definitions for part) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
29 Replacement of s 120 (Review process must start with internal review)
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120 Review process for reviewable decisions . . . . . . . . . 24
30 Amendment of s 123 (Internal review) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24
31 Amendment of s 124 (QCAT may stay operation of reviewable decision)
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32 Replacement of s 125 (Applying for QCAT external review) . . . . 26
125 Applying for QCAT external review . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
33 Amendment of s 138 (Executive officer may be taken to have committed
offence against deemed executive liability provision) . . . . . . . . . 26
34 Insertion of new pt 9, div 1, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
35 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
36 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, sdiv 1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Subdivision 1 Preliminary
144B Definitions for division . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
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144C Particular references to spouses . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
37 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, sdiv 2, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28
38 Amendment of s 145 (Licensing of existing ART providers) . . . . 28
39 Insertion of new s 145A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
145A Licensed providers’ notification of particular events that
happened before commencement—new s 61 . . . . . . 29
40 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, sdiv 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29
Subdivision 3 Provisions for general operation of part 2
145B Donor-related Australian families—new s 25 . . . . . . 30
145C Time limits on use of existing donated gametes and
embryos—new s 27 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
145D Record-keeping—s 36 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30
145E Disclosure of health information—s 38 . . . . . . . . . . . 31
41 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, sdiv 4, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
42 Replacement of ss 146–149 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
146 Donated gametes previously allocated to person for ART
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 31
147 Donated embryo previously allocated to a person for ART
procedures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33
148 Embryo created with donated gamete not yet used for ART
procedure . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 34
149 Use of particular gametes obtained before 19 September
2024—collection of information . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35
43 Renumbering and relocation of s 150 (Time within which information
about pregnancies and births to be collected by ART providers) 36
44 Insertion of new pt 9, div 2, sdiv 5, hdg . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36
45 Insertion of new ss 152 and 153 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
152 Relationship of division with s 144 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
153 Transitional regulation-making power . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
46 Amendment of sch 1 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 37
Part 3 Amendment of Health and Wellbeing Queensland Act 2019
47 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
48 Amendment of s 23 (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38
49 Amendment of s 24 (Acting board member) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
50 Amendment of s 37 (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
51 Amendment of s 38 (Acting chief executive officer) . . . . . . . . . . 39
52 Insertion of new pt 7 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39
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52 Vacancy in office of board member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
53 Vacancy in office of chief executive officer . . . . . . . . 40
Part 4 Amendment of Health Legislation Amendment Act 2025
53 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
54 Replacement of s 7 (Amendment of s 28 (Removal from office of board
members)) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40
7 Amendment of s 25A (Disqualification as board member) 40
Part 5 Amendment of Hospital and Health Boards Act 2011
55 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
56 Insertion of new s 25A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
25A Disqualification as board member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 41
57 Amendment of s 27 (Vacation of office of board member) . . . . . 41
58 Amendment of s 27A (Suspension from office of Hospital and Health
Board members) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
59 Omission of s 28 (Removal from office of board members) . . . . 42
60 Insertion of new pt 13, div 9 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 42
Division 9 Transitional provision for Health Legislation
Amendment Act (No. 3) 2025
332 Vacancy in office of board member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
61 Amendment of sch 2 (Dictionary) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
Part 6 Amendment of Hospital Foundations Act 2018
62 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 43
63 Amendment of s 33 (Disqualification from becoming member) . . 43
64 Omission of s 34 (Removal from office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
65 Amendment of s 35 (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
66 Insertion of new s 35A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
35A Acting board member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44
67 Amendment of s 36 (Criminal history report) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
68 Insertion of new pt 9, div 3 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Division 3 Transitional provision for Health Legislation
Amendment Act (No. 3) 2025
93 Vacancy in office of board member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 45
Part 7 Amendment of Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024
69 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
70 Replacement of s 156 (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
156 Vacancy in office . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
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156A Acting council member . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 46
71 Amendment of s 171 (Vacancy in office) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 47
72 Amendment of s 172 (Acting chief executive officer) . . . . . . . . . 47
73 Replacement of pt 14, hdg (Transitional provisions) . . . . . . . . . . 47
74 Relocation and renumbering of pt 15, div 1 (Repeal) . . . . . . . . . 48
75 Replacement of pt 15 (Repeal and amendments of legislation) . 48
Part 15 Transitional provisions for Health Legislation
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235 Vacancy in office of council member . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48
236 Vacancy in office of chief executive officer . . . . . . . . 48
Part 8 Amendment of Private Health Facilities Act 1999
76 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
77 Amendment of s 48 (Conditions of licence) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
78 Amendment of s 50 (Term of licences) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
79 Amendment of s 144 (Submission of reports) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 49
80 Amendment of s 147 (Confidentiality of information) . . . . . . . . . 50
Part 9 Amendment of Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979
81 Act amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
82 Amendment of s 4 (Interpretation) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 50
83 Replacement of pt 2, div 4, hdg (Blood transfusions) . . . . . . . . . 51
84 Amendment of s 17 (Consents by adults to removal of blood) . . 51
85 Amendment of s 18 (Consents to removal of blood from children) 51
86 Insertion of new s 18A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
18A Consents to removal of blood from children or adults with
impaired capacity for determining tissue donation viability 52
87 Replacement of s 19 (Consent to be sufficient authority for removal of
blood) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
19 Consent to be sufficient authority for removal of blood 52
88 Insertion of new pt 3A . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52
Part 3A Ante-mortem interventions
25A What is an ante-mortem intervention . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
25B Authority for ante-mortem intervention—adult with capacity
. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
25C Authority for ante-mortem intervention—child or adult with
impaired capacity . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 53
Part 10 Other amendments
89 Legislation amended . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 55
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Schedule 1 Other amendments . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Public Health Act 2005 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 57
2025
A Bill
for
An Act to amend the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
2024, the Health and Wellbeing Queensland Act 2019, the Health
Legislation Amendment Act 2025, the Hospital and Health
Boards Act 2011, the Hospital Foundations Act 2018, the
Pharmacy Business Ownership Act 2024, the Private Health
Facilities Act 1999, the Public Health Act 2005 and the
Transplantation and Anatomy Act 1979 for particular purposes
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The Parliament of Queensland enacts—
Part 1 Preliminary
1 Short title
This Act may be cited as the Health Legislation Amendment
Act (No. 3) 2025.
2 Commencement
(1) The following sections commence immediately after the
commencement of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
2024, section 12—
(a) sections 4 to 14;
(b) sections 21 to 25;
(c) sections 28 to 32;
(d) sections 34 to 45;
(e) section 46(1) and (2).
(2) Sections 15(2) and 16 to 20 commence immediately after the
commencement of the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
2024, section 42.
(3) Sections 77 and 78 commence on a day to be fixed by
proclamation.
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3 Act amended
This part amends the Assisted Reproductive Technology Act
2024.
4 Amendment of s 15 (Counselling services for persons
provided with ART services)
(1) Section 15(2)(a), ‘and to any spouse of that person’—
omit.
(2) Section 15(2), after paragraph (a)—
insert—
(aa) to a spouse of the person, other than a
spouse from whom the person is separated
and is living separately and apart; and
(3) Section 15(2)(aa) and (b)—
renumber as section 15(2)(b) and (c).
(4) Section 15(3)—
omit, insert—
(3) An ART provider must make counselling services
available under this section to—
(a) a person who proposes to undergo an ART
procedure that does not use donated gametes
or a donated embryo; and
(b) a spouse of the person, other than a spouse
from whom the person is separated and is
living separately and apart.
Maximum penalty—25 penalty units.
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