10Offence—heritable alterations to genome

#### 10 Offence—heritable alterations to genome 10 Offence—heritable alterations to genome > > (1) A person commits an offence if: > > > > > (a) the person alters the genome of a human cell in such a way that the alteration is heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered, and > > > > > (b) in altering the genome, the person intended the alteration to be heritable by descendants of the human whose cell was altered. > > > > Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years. > > > (2) In this section: > > > > human cell includes a human embryonal cell, a human foetal cell, human sperm or a human egg. > > **pt 2, div 1 (ss 5–16):** Subst 2007 No 16, Sch 1 \[8\]. > > **ss 5–14:** Subst 2007 No 16, Sch 1 \[8\].