15Offence—placing a prohibited embryo

#### 15 Offence—placing a prohibited embryo 15 Offence—placing a prohibited embryo > > (1) A person commits an offence if the person intentionally places an embryo in the body of a woman knowing that, or being reckless as to whether, the embryo is a prohibited embryo. > > > > Maximum penalty: Imprisonment for 15 years. > > > (2) In this section, prohibited embryo means: > > > > > (a) a human embryo created by a process other than the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm, or > > > > > (b) a human embryo created outside the body of a woman, unless the intention of the person who created the embryo was to attempt to achieve pregnancy in a particular woman, or > > > > > (c) a human embryo that contains genetic material provided by more than 2 persons, or > > > > > (d) a human embryo that has been developing outside the body of a woman for a period of more than 14 days, excluding any period when development is suspended, or > > > > > (e) a human embryo created using precursor cells taken from a human embryo or a human foetus, or > > > > > (f) a human embryo that contains a human cell (within the meaning of section 10) whose genome has been altered in such a way that the alteration is heritable by human descendants of the human whose cell was altered, or > > > > > (g) a human embryo that was removed from the body of a woman by a person intending to collect a viable human embryo, or > > > > > (h) a chimeric embryo or a hybrid embryo. > > **pt 2, div 1 (ss 5–16):** Subst 2007 No 16, Sch 1 \[8\]. > > **s 15:** Subst 2007 No 16, Sch 1 \[8\]. Am 2018 No 25, Sch 5.23.