47BReview of operation of Act every 7 years

47B Review of operation of Act every 7 years

(1) The Minister must cause an independent review of the operation of this Act, in so far as it relates to the use of mitochondrial donation techniques, to be undertaken as soon as possible after the end of: (a) the period of 7 years starting on the commencement of Schedule 1 to the Mitochondrial Donation Law Reform (Maeve’s Law) Act 2022; and (b) each subsequent 7‑year period. (2) A review under this section must be: (a) undertaken by the persons who undertake the review for the relevant 7‑year period required by section 25 of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002; and (b) undertaken concurrently with the review mentioned in paragraph (a). (3) The persons undertaking a review under this section must prepare and give to the Minister, for presentation to the Parliament, a report of the review. (4) The report must be given to the Minister within 12 months after the end of the relevant 7‑year period.

Note: See also section 34C of the Acts Interpretation Act 1901, which contains extra rules about periodic reports.

(5) The persons undertaking a review under this section must consult: (a) the Commonwealth and the States; and (b) a broad range of persons with expertise in or experience of relevant disciplines; and the views of the Commonwealth, the States and the persons mentioned in paragraph (b) must be set out in the report to the extent that it is reasonably practicable to do so. (6) Reports under this section and section 25 of the Prohibition of Human Cloning for Reproduction Act 2002 may be set out in the same document.