Human Embryonic Research Regulation Act 2003
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3 Object of Act
(1) [Section 3 Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2007, s. 25, Applied:13 Dec 2007] The object of this Act is to adopt in Tasmania a uniform Australian approach to the regulation of activities that involve the use of certain human embryos created by assisted reproductive technology or by other means.
(2) For that purpose, this Act –
(a) applies the Research Involving Human Embryos Act 2002 of the Commonwealth as a law of Tasmania; and
(b) makes provision to ensure that that Commonwealth Act and the applied law of Tasmania are administered on a uniform basis by the Commonwealth as if they constituted a single law of the Commonwealth.