7Modification of Commonwealth embryo laws

7 Modification of Commonwealth embryo laws

(1)  [Section 7 Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2007, s. 26, Applied:13 Dec 2007] [Section 7 Subsection (1) amended by No. 48 of 2007, s. 26, Applied:13 Dec 2007] The Commonwealth embryo laws are modified for the purposes of this Act by requiring a reference in section 26(2) or 41 of the Commonwealth Embryo Act to the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 of the Commonwealth to be read as including a reference to the Human Cloning for Reproduction and Other Prohibited Practices Act 2003 of Tasmania.

(2)  The Commonwealth embryo laws are further modified for the purposes of this Act by omitting paragraph (b) of section 46.

(3)  The regulations under this Act may also modify the Commonwealth embryo laws for the purposes of this Act.

(4)  Without limiting subsection (3) , the regulations may provide that the Commonwealth embryo laws apply under section 6(1) as if an amendment to the Commonwealth embryo laws –

(a) made by a law of the Commonwealth; and

(b) specified in the regulations –

had not taken effect.