Human Cloning for Reproduction and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2003
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(1) In this Act:
animal does not include a human.
chimeric embryo means:
(a) a human embryo into which a cell, or any component part of a cell, of an animal has been introduced, or
(b) a thing declared by the regulations to be a chimeric embryo.
human embryo means a discrete entity that has arisen from either:
(a) the first mitotic division when fertilisation of a human oocyte by a human sperm is complete, or
(b) any other process that initiates organised development of a biological entity with a human nuclear genome or altered human nuclear genome that has the potential to develop up to, or beyond, the stage at which the primitive streak appears,
and has not yet reached 8 weeks of development since the first mitotic division.
human embryo clone means a human embryo that is a genetic copy of another living or dead human, but does not include a human embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by human sperm.
human sperm includes human spermatids.
hybrid embryo means:
(a) an embryo created by the fertilisation of a human egg by animal sperm, or
(b) an embryo created by the fertilisation of an animal egg by human sperm, or
(c) a human egg into which the nucleus of an animal cell has been introduced, or
(d) an animal egg into which the nucleus of a human cell has been introduced, or
(e) a thing declared by the regulations to be a hybrid embryo.
licence means a licence issued under section 21 of the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 of the Commonwealth, including a licence issued under section 21 of that Act as applied in this State by the Research Involving Human Embryos (New South Wales) Act 2003.
precursor cell means a cell that has the potential to develop into a human egg or human sperm.
woman means a female human.
(2) For the purposes of establishing that a human embryo clone is a genetic copy of a living or dead human:
(a) it is sufficient to establish that the set of genes in the nuclei of the cells of the living or dead human has been copied, and